(22 Oct 2015, 6:04 pm)Adrian wrote Both appeared to last the whole day, rather than being swapped over at the earliest opportunity. 1517 was the (alleged) 16.46 #56 out of Durham, and 1595 was on the #57A, that arrives into Durham at 18.15.
I managed a shot of the former.
Arriva North East - 1517 - NL63VRN by aureolindn, on Flickr
![[Image: 22390589715_88fa8da2ea.jpg]](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5770/22390589715_88fa8da2ea.jpg)
When we caught it to Hartlepool on the 57a, this morning (nice route, it turns out!) there was an older lady sat near us who had to mention several times that "we've got the posh bus today!"
I can see why solos are more usual. Not because of number of passengers, as this one got half full, but there's a couple of places where it struggled to get around bends and parked cars!