(21 Nov 2016, 6:24 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote Arriva's offering will be : Cross Pennine Livery , E-Leather Civic V3s in Cross Pennine Blue with Logos , Wifi and USB Ports.
Stagecoach's offering is : Cross Pennine Livery , Lazzerini Coach Seating in Corporate spec , Wifi and Seatbelts ( The latter 3 were new with the bus )
Don't expect Stagecoach to feature the USB's any soon, As they don't retrofit them on buses already in service.
I'm sure I had 4661 on Saturday, If it was it had full Cross Pennine spec inside, Minus the Wifi as that didn't have a connection.
There's a few loose seat cushions on some rows, Particularly the back last time I used 27141, Had 27142 to Haydon Bridge before my photo of it there and that was not the case on that one.
For comfort, The coach seating wins. But overall the Arriva spec wins for me, Just because of the addition of USB sockets, Which is a big bonus for me.
They both don't sound pretty healthy atm though, 27141 was pretty limp coming out of Corbridge while I was getting a photo of it, With the cooling fan on as loud as some B7TL's ive had.
27142 is a lot better but still pretty ill sounding, It's developed the annoying Cummins Turbocharger whine, Which all in all means its turbochargers knackered, Which can only have been caused by the nature of the route.
They're on a shortlist with other vehicles to get them retrofitted in the future.
(22 Nov 2016, 9:05 am)GX03 SVC wrote I had 4661 the other day and it did...?
Well it didn't have the harrier on the seats though last week.
Unless you mean the plugs? - just going on word of mouth on that one, but seemed to fit seeing no headrest mods done.