The 'Dotty' count has reached 8 - 27246/7 are now both in service on 59/61 and 58/35 respectively.
The better news is they've managed to allocate the Dotty ones to Dotty routes today - 4 are on 59/61 (27244/6/51/2), 27247 on 58/35 and 27242 on 52/35. No sign of 27241 but I've not seen all 6 59s yet.
EDIT: 27245 makes up the fifth 'Dotty' 59/61 (27164 being the sixth one and the all-nighter). 27241 is either therefore spare or on 52/35 as there's 3 unbranded examples on 'The Zone' and the 3 58/35s are odd workings.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015