(21 Jan 2015, 4:40 pm)Malarkey wrote Nope as I was on the 54 heading into Newcastle, will try and get one tomorrow though.

Is it possible that you mistook 5332 for 5331?

Seems mightily odd that Go North East would remove what would have otherwise been a branded spare vehicle for the 27, repaint it, and make it become a branded spare for the 49 (which has a lower PVR). Especially when GNE are moving away from branded spare vehicles!

This of course assuming an older Mercedes (one of the last ones which haven't yet been repainted - 5282/83?) isn't going to become the corporate liveried spare instead...