A good couple of posts ago. Someone mentioned about 8293 - NK54PHV being too new for withdrawal. The registration of the vehicle along with it's sister HC04BBB belies its true age.
Both of these vehicles were actually constructed in 2000 and laid unused for a good while. I actually got a photo of an unregistered NK54PHV in the yard of Gardiners of Spennymoor. Despite not being registered until 2004 (HC04BBB) & 2005 (NK54PHV), both vehicles are now over 13 years old, which if registered when new, they would have been V/W reg.
NK54PHV despite being registered in early 2005, was originally used as a non-PSV by Henry Coopers on the behalf of North Tyneside council. Then once it had completed it's role, the vehicle was loaned to Weardale (Via Gardiners) whilst one of their DAF SB220 / Ikarus was being repaired (at Gardiners) after a collision with a tractor. Once it's loan spell was over, the vehicle then appeared with Northumbria Coaches in plain white where after a few weeks gained the blue skirt joining the one of a kind Right Hand Drive Bluebird LMB. NK54PHV was mainly used on the X23, 332 and sometimes the 318.
After the GNE takeover, it was known to appear on Bargain Bus service 308 and I think it may have appeared on the 516 once or twice.
Before GNE sold Ashington, it was painted white and transferred to Deptford where it remained for a few months (?) where it was then transfered to the old Arriva depot at Hexham, where it was ran in white for a while (mainly on the 673) then painted into Yellow and branded for Tynedale Links.
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