This vehicle has been treated to a partial repaint into Go North East's new corporate livery. The new livery design is a a lot more eye-catching and features a two-tone base livery, with the traditional key colour of red towards the front of the bus, and non-metallic dark blue towards the back. This example carries the tagline "It's our fantastic people - all 2000 of them - that make the wheels on our buses go round and round"
Ahead of upcoming service changes, this vehicle has had its Next Stop Announcement equipment removed. The equipment is planned to be better utilised on other vehicles in the fleet, and will be re-fitted in the coming weeks.
This vehicle has transferred from Redcar Depot to Darlington, on temporary loan, in exchange for Optare Solo M950/Optare 2832 (YJ08 XBN) to alleviate minibus shortages at Whitby.
This vehicle has transferred from Darlington Depot to Redcar, on temporary loan, in exchange for VDL SB200/Wright Pulsar 2 1438 (NK10 CEX) to alleviate minibus shortages at Whitby.
This vehicle has transferred from Stockton's Driver Training fleet to Walkergate's Driver Training fleet, as a replacement for 20554 (P554 ESA) which was withdrawn last month.
Following amendments to the rear boot lid vinyls last year; this vehicle has now had its existing cant rail vinyls stripped, and it has been revised to show the new standardised design, with the text showing the words "Buses run early til late • Into Gateshead, Newcastle City Centre and Saltwell Park up to every 10 minutes".
This vehicle has moved from Jesmond to Jesmond (Under Repair), whilst being refurbished and repainted to "MAX" specification. It is thought that "Coastliner" services 306/308 are both being upgraded to "MAX" specification. The existing Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 allocation will be retained on service 308, but service 306 will be revised to operate with VDL SB200/Wright Pulsar 2 vehicles, with the existing "Coastliner" branded Wright Streetlite DF/Wright Streetlite Max Micro-Hybrid allocation deployed elsewhere.
This vehicle has moved from Jesmond to Jesmond (Under Repair), whilst undergoing repaint at Thornton Brothers, Ashington, into Arriva's corporate livery.
Though repairs have now been completed, this vehicle still remains listed as Jesmond (Under Repair), whilst undergoing repaint at Thornton Brothers, Ashington, into Arriva's corporate livery.
Due to Volvo B10M-55/Alexander PS 20554 (P554 ESA) being withdrawn from Walkergate's Driver Training fleet, this vehicle will transfer to Walkergate to replace it. It has undergone repaint into Stagecoach's Driver Training livery prior to transfer.
Though originally planned to return to Go North East following completion of annual PSV preparation and test; Go North East have obtained enough data from this vehicle to compare it against other competing double-deck vehicle types on the market, and as such, it will not return to service with the company.
Due to a reduction in the number of engineering spare vehicles at Jesmond, and an increase in the PVR of the seasonal X18 service, this vehicle has transferred from Jesmond Depot to Ashington.
Due to a PVR increase at Jesmond, this vehicle has transferred from Ashington Depot to Jesmond. The PVR increase reflects the additional vehicle for "Great North Road" services 43, 44 and 45, as well as the loss of Nexus contracts for the 18/18A and 32/32A.
