Although not used at Hexham Depot during its time allocated there; this vehicle has transferred from Hexham Depot to Riverside, where it will see allocation to a free shuttle bus in operation between Monday 15th May and Friday 19th May, due to the X25 service being diverted between Wrekenton and Portobello as a result of a road closure at Eighton Banks. During this time, the X25 service will divert via Long Bank, A1 on-slip, A1, A1 off-slip and Mill House roundabout, with Newcastle bound services diverting from Portobello onto A1, Eighton Lodge roundabout and Long Bank to Wrekenton. The shuttle bus will run between Wrekenton Bus Link and Mill House Roundabout, connecting with the diverted... see more
This vehicle has received "Black Cats" branding. "Black Cats" is the new brand identity being introduced to encompass a variety of different frequent services in and around the city of Sunderland, promoting the cheap and competitively priced day and weekly tickets available for travel in the city (£3.65 for a day ticket, and £12.15 for a weekly ticket).
Upcoming service changes in May will see the "Toon Link" brand encompass services 6, X30/X31 and X70/X71 with a mixed allocation of Scania OmniCitys and Scania OmniDekkas. This vehicle has consequently received "Toon Link" branding, following repaint.
Having been impounded by the police since November 2015 following its involvement in a fatal collision, this vehicle has now been returned to Go North East. It will undergo minor bodywork and windscreen repairs at Saltmeadows Road Depot, then prepared for annual PSV test. After this, it will be sent to Bus & Coach World, Blackburn, for repaint and internal refurbishment.
This vehicle has been temporarily withdrawn from service at Riverside Depot and released for internal refurbished and repaint at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn. The extensive refurbishment work includes, but is not limited to, external repaint; deep cleaning of the interior of the vehicle; renewal of floor coverings; cleaning all seat frames and re-trimming seats into leather with USB sockets on the back of every seat; fitting blue accent lighting underneath seats to provide extra light on the gangway; and fitting Next Stop Announcements.
This vehicle has returned to Go North East following internal refurbishment and repaint into Go North East's corporate base livery. It is currently undergoing preparation for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot prior to allocation to Riverside Depot to act as a corporate liveried spare vehicle for "The Blaydon Racer" services 12/12A and "Citylink" service 57.
This vehicle has moved from Jesmond to Jesmond (Under Repair), whilst undergoing repaint at Thornton Brothers, Ashington, into Arriva's corporate livery.
This vehicle has moved from Jesmond to Jesmond (Under Repair), whilst undergoing repaint at Thornton Brothers, Ashington, into Arriva's corporate livery.
Having previously carried sub-branding for services X30/X31 (Stanley - Newcastle); this vehicle has had these vinyls stripped and new vinyls added, sporting the taglines "For city centre shops and leisure" and "Frequent buses to Newcastle".
Upcoming service changes in May will see the "Toon Link" brand encompass services 6, X30/X31 and X70/X71 with a mixed allocation of Scania OmniCitys and Scania OmniDekkas. As such; having previously carried a plain red base livery, this vehicle has now been repainted into a plain black base livery. "Toon Link" branding will be applied to the bus nearer to the time of the service changes.
This vehicle has moved from Stockton to Stockton (Under Repair), whilst undergoing repaint at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn, into Arriva's corporate livery, minus the cream cowhorn, for service 27's "Frequenta" upgrade.
This vehicle has transferred from Sunderland Depot to Stockton, in a reserve capacity, to be prepared for service prior to the launch of the new X55 express service on Saturday 20th May 2017.
Having previously carried sub-branding for services 12/12A (Newcastle - Winlaton); this vehicle has had these vinyls stripped and new vinyls added, sporting the taglines "For city centre shops and leisure" and "Frequent buses to Newcastle".
