(31 May 2015, 5:53 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 1512 is allocated to a 27 working that does an X5 - it also means it's earning its keep and within easy reach to be swapped off if required on the 5s.

I'm well aware of the interworking pattern as the allocation has previously been justified in the past.

My personal opinion would be that it would be better for this vehicle to carry the company's corporate livery whilst featuring the provision of free Wi-Fi and power sockets. That way, Arriva wouldn't be allocating a "Sapphire" branded vehicle, on a daily basis, to a service which does not form part of the North East's network of "Sapphire" branded services, but customers would still benefit from the main thing they'll care about (power sockets and Wi-Fi - not the colour of the bus) when it does have to be allocated to services 5/5A.

(31 May 2015, 5:53 pm)Kuyoyo wrote So, you were complaining about a split allocation the other day yet now you want a Pulsar on there? Durham seem to want to use deckers on there (and the region is short of modern deckers - a fact now becoming apparent with the X4/X5 MAX upgrade and the 6 Sapphire upgrade) and I think originally the plan was for a Pulsar board to remain on the Durham X12, obviously that all changed. Of course, ideally Durham shouldn't be putting 1415 out on the 6 but if it's all that spare and it's not required on the X12, what else do you do?

When there's a "MAX" specification vehicle kicking about on the 6 service when the X12 service is in need of a "MAX" specification vehicle, I think aureolin's point or "complaint" is justified... Lowlanders do seem to be fairly common based on my sightings of Durham's boards on a morning and night, yet reports of 1415 on other services at Durham also seem to be common.