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Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2015

Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2015

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RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2015
(27 May 2015, 4:12 pm)Jimmi wrote Today was the first day of Sapphire services 22/24. Some photos of service 24's Sapphire branded buses.

Inconsistencies between different services held in the premium "Sapphire" brand is bad enough, but this is something else...

We have two "Sapphire" specification services with split allocations. The old VDL Pulsars have normal amber LED destination displays, and the new ADL Enviro400s have white LED destination displays. There are now inconsistencies in the same services held within the "Sapphire" brand - some with white LEDs, and others with amber.

Appreciate there's a cost behind replacing amber with white LEDs, but there are five sets of white LEDs in Darlington's new ADL Enviro400s which could have easily been put into the Pulsars which they replaced, so that all vehicles on the 7 have amber LED displays and all vehicles on the 24 have white...

RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2015
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RE: Arriva North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2015