Having been temporarily withdrawn from service, this vehicle has now been released for internal refurbished and repaint at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn.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.
Ahead of upcoming service changes which will see Nexus-secured service 353 revised to operate commercially and part of Percy Main's "indiGo North Tyne" network as an extension of service 42; this vehicle has been repainted into Go North East's new corporate livery, having previously carried "Nexus" branding. This example carries the tagline "Our buses run 35 million miles a year - that's like going to the moon and back 72 times"
This vehicle has returned to Go North East following internal refurbishment and repaint into a plain maroon base livery. It is currently undergoing preparation for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot prior to allocation to Deptford Depot for "Wear Xpress" service X5 (Sunderland - Hartlepool).
This vehicle has been withdrawn from service at Deptford Depot and is currently receiving modifications at Thorntons Brothers, Ashington, ahead of impending cascade to the Driver Training fleet.
Prior to being released for internal refurbishment and repaint at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn, this vehicle has been withdrawn from service at Riverside Depot.
New to Western Greyhound of Summercourt as fleet number 957 in September 2009, this vehicle passed to Plymouth Citybus in December 2014 where it gained fleet number 220. This vehicle has now been acquired by Go North East, where it has received fleet number 710. It is currently undergoing preparation for service at Saltmeadows Road Depot.
