(27 Mar 2023, 10:09 pm)Jimmi wrote The very green, 4803 is now in service: https://flic.kr/p/2opyyn9

There's much confusion as to why it's been painted green, heard a suggestion that it's not meant to be green!

4803 has now been painted into "Eco green" livery. It was on Darlington's service 2 today, 20 April 2023. It did not appear to be in service from 2nd April for a few days so presumably was repainted then. It has been back out since 11 April. This lends credence to the suggestion that it should not have been painted green.

7522 is now back and is on the 308/306

7522 thrown into journey mark on the 53 today 
https://flic.kr/p/2ovJ333

YJ08 XBT 2837 now debranded https://flic.kr/p/2oxN8CZ

(26 May 2023, 1:03 pm)54APhotography wrote Former Eco Green Streetlite 1579 joins the Journey Mark ranks

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Your link didnt quite work there mate

(26 May 2023, 3:36 pm)V514DFT wrote Your link didnt quite work there mate

Try again...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/184063238@...cN-2oCVJDC

I must say the new Arriva livery is miles better than the old one

(26 May 2023, 4:17 pm)54APhotography wrote Try again...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/184063238@...cN-2oCVJDC

Always love your photos, theyre always great quality

(26 May 2023, 4:49 pm)V514DFT wrote Always love your photos, theyre always great quality

Many thanks

Latest Journey Mark repaints for Arriva Northumberland
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1512 hits the Journey Mark shelf today https://flic.kr/p/2oN2viq

I don't know where to put this seemed most approriate. I saw an Arriva Wrightbus Pulsar I think, and the windows had the black outline and it made it look like it was only a few years old, wish more buses had that

Like this one - https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@...99-2mYC2yG

(07 Jul 2023, 2:20 pm)Unber43 wrote I don't know where to put this seemed most approriate. I saw an Arriva Wrightbus Pulsar I think, and the windows had the black outline and it made it look like it was only a few years old, wish more buses had that

Like this one - https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@...99-2mYC2yG

They do. 1410/1514-1523/1531

(07 Jul 2023, 2:28 pm)54APhotography wrote They do. 1410/1514-1523/1531

1531 doesn't - it was given a second repaint last autumn when it went for internal refurbishment, so matches the rest of the refurbished examples at Durham.
And the reason 1513-23 do is down to them having Bonded Glazing rather than Gasket as per the rest of the Pulsars - hence retaining the black.

(07 Jul 2023, 2:34 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 1531 doesn't - it was given a second repaint last autumn when it went for internal refurbishment, so matches the rest of the refurbished examples at Durham.
And the reason 1513-23 do is down to them having Bonded Glazing rather than Gasket as per the rest of the Pulsars - hence retaining the black.

Wasn't aware 1531 had been repainted twice. I have it with the black surrounds. Which IMO look considerably better than the others

And as a follow up. Here's 1513 on the 44 https://flic.kr/p/2oN9dE9

(08 Jul 2023, 1:10 pm)Busu284 wrote And as a follow up. Here's 1513 on the 44 https://flic.kr/p/2oN9dE9

We can even see reference to Sapphire from its previous guise.

1578 now Journey Mark https://flic.kr/p/2oNeVen

(08 Jul 2023, 4:22 pm)Busu284 wrote 1578 now Journey Mark https://flic.kr/p/2oNeVen

They look so much better like this than they did in the green eco style.

Welcome to the Journey Mark family 7553 SN15 LLD
https://flic.kr/p/2oX4Y4p

Not really a repaint, but 7523 has received Christmas decorations as per the yearly tradition.

7523 has been in Christmas Livery since the Santa Bus at Teesside Park then on the same day Stockton borrowed it for use on service 15 & X22 for the evening


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In terms of Branding wise. I know Arriva are cutting down on branding up buses. Is that due to finances or is that due to any new bus that they will get will be leather seated, USB charging and the all the rest of it? I know a lot of buses are loosing their Sapphire and Max Status for the new Journey Mark Livery. Especially when the X3/X4 and 5/5A streetlites and they got debranded a long while back. Will it be the ending of Route Branded buses at Arriva?

(11 Jan 2024, 10:51 pm)Mike_98 wrote In terms of Branding wise. I know Arriva are cutting down on branding up buses. Is that due to finances or is that due to any new bus that they will get will be leather seated, USB charging and the all the rest of it? I know a lot of buses are loosing their Sapphire and Max Status for the new Journey Mark Livery. Especially when the X3/X4 and 5/5A streetlites and they got debranded a long while back. Will it be the ending of Route Branded buses at Arriva?

It's been scrapped about a year after the new livery came out, pretty much. Arriva are just so slow at repainting everything that it's sticking around, mind not that's a bad thing in a way as it's a waste of money painting buses that don't need painting.

(11 Jan 2024, 10:51 pm)Mike_98 wrote In terms of Branding wise. I know Arriva are cutting down on branding up buses. Is that due to finances or is that due to any new bus that they will get will be leather seated, USB charging and the all the rest of it? I know a lot of buses are loosing their Sapphire and Max Status for the new Journey Mark Livery. Especially when the X3/X4 and 5/5A streetlites and they got debranded a long while back. Will it be the ending of Route Branded buses at Arriva?

Though they are cutting down in general, as Storx has pointed out above, there are some specific cases such as with the 434 where branding is happening (2601/3 are in base livery, you'd imagine once 2602 goes then they'll receive vinyls).

(12 Jan 2024, 9:06 am)Storx wrote It's been scrapped about a year after the new livery came out, pretty much. Arriva are just so slow at repainting everything that it's sticking around, mind not that's a bad thing in a way as it's a waste of money painting buses that don't need painting.

It will be definitely interesting to see what Arriva do from this point forward when they get new buses in the future.

(12 Jan 2024, 7:37 pm)Mike_98 wrote It will be definitely interesting to see what Arriva do from this point forward when they get new buses in the future.

Aye agreed, be interesting to see if the Blyth ones get the eco livery, or the eco livery that one at Leicester got instead.

I don't even have a clue what the interior design is, every batch being ordered is coming out different. Some with blue panels, some with green panels. Some with ivory poles, some yellow. Some with the 2009 floor design, others with wood effect. Seems like it's just whatever.

1559 now got a new livery to represent the new 16 Service.
https://www.facebook.com/share/FRr48FmZj...tid=WC7FNe
Quite an interesting one but actually decent I must say. Problem is Arriva in Stockton always swap buses on different routes so I wonder if this one will always stay on the 16.

(08 Feb 2024, 1:51 pm)Mike_98 wrote 1559 now got a new livery to represent the new 16 Service.
https://www.facebook.com/share/FRr48FmZj...tid=WC7FNe
Quite an interesting one but actually decent I must say. Problem is Arriva in Stockton always swap buses on different routes so I wonder if this one will always stay on the 16.

The 15 and 16 interwork, so it will likely end up running around on both services at some point.

(08 Feb 2024, 2:00 pm)RobinHood wrote The 15 and 16 interwork, so it will likely end up running around on both services at some point.

True. I wonder also how many more will get painted in this scheme or do ya reckon it's just the one?

Also Arrivas new purple / pink scheme. I wonder what they will plan in the future with that when they order new buses in the coming years.