Bus-mad Peter Witham, from Sunderland, wrote a passionate letter to Go North East's Managing Director to express that his "dream job" would be to become a bus driver for Go North East.
Managing Director Kevin Carr, touched by the boy's interest in his company, chose Peter to become Go North East's 'celebrity' for the day, launching the new "indiGo" buses for Peterlee. Armed with a pair of scissors and dressed in his very own bus driver uniform, Peter cut the ribbon to commemorate the £1.7m investment, and to declare the 14 brand new indiGo buses officially open for business today (Monday 10 August).
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Go North East: indiGo Launch by Daniel Graham, on Flickr![[Image: 20456872345_67f47344a5.jpg]](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/410/20456872345_67f47344a5.jpg)
Go North East: indiGo Launch by Daniel Graham, on Flickr![[Image: 20268840578_3bb0496292.jpg]](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/280/20268840578_3bb0496292.jpg)
Go North East: indiGo Launch by Daniel Graham, on FlickrFollowing the photoshoot; the buses were driven in a convoy to Peterlee Bus Station, where they replaced the remaining "East Durham" branded Mini Pointer Darts in service.
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Go North East: 666 / NK15EMJ by Daniel Graham, on Flickr![[Image: 19835718834_561cb993ab.jpg]](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/328/19835718834_561cb993ab.jpg)
Go North East: 662 / NK15GFO by Daniel Graham, on Flickr