If a depot was ever short of vehicles, and the only available bus they had was a training vehicle, would they be able to press it into service? Or would it no longer be legally able to carry passengers?

http://www.route-one.net/articles/DfT_gr..._700_buses

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12069 on 22 today

4809 on Sapphire 7 13:42 from Darlington

1604 is out on driver familiarisation today

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1506 now has new next stop announcements for 1/5/5A for the upgraded sapphire service

(31 Jan 2018, 10:08 pm)Citaro5326 wrote 1 of the Ex London B9s apparently in black , toonlinks surely

7 for toon links and 3 for 15/15a

As we're making good progress with the Archive, I thought it would be worth having a dedicated thread where I could post regular updates for content being uploaded to our fleet list archive. This may allow us to fill in any missing gaps together.

Update: 21/01/2018

• Go North East 8319 - 8329 updated with more accurate delivery dates and information, and added photos to news items where possible (previously missed).
  
• Go North East 7094 - 7102 updated with more accurate delivery dates, and photos of them following entry into service.
  

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...n-14160606

Details of TfN plan currently being unveiled.

Just been browsing through Flickr to find that Tyne and Wear fire and rescue service have withdrawn their Dennis Dart SLF / ELC Spryte Mobile Command Unit (NK51XXC) and have replaced it with a Volvo truck based mobile command centre. The Dart had been new to the Fire service in 2001 replacing the Dennis Dominator based Mobile Command unit.