(17 Mar 2015, 8:58 pm)Dan wrote That's the main reason, along with the customer conception of e-leather being a luxurious feature on-board buses.
It's amazing how much the e-leather has worn on ANE's Streetlites which entered service on the 23 in October 2014. I took a photo of the 'depth' of the e-leather trim on the 23 last week and compared it to the e-leather on the Go North East arrival today, and the latter was two to three times as thick.
leather seating is amazing on some vehicles i remember once sitting down on a South Shields Stagecoach enviro 300 and it was comfy as anything my mate Ryan said he almost fell asleep as they were that comfy but having leather seats is a good option for 5392 and the rest