(28 Mar 2017, 7:31 pm)Kuyoyo wrote The decker is said to be allocated to assist with capacity on the 1515 departure from Carlisle with scholars from Brampton - not that it interworks with a scholars service.

In an ideal world, this would be the perfect home for one of the Mini-MAX trio - at least then the allocated decker still offers the Free WiFi the Cross Pennine fleet does (when they are actually on the 685 of course...........)

Indeed - though still means a lot of money has been wasted on re-branding the service. Paying for the brand and associated marketing (the work from Best Impressions doesn't come cheap), paying for the refurbishment and repaint of the bus, then the vinyls on top...

I wonder what Stagecoach's view on this is? They've even gone to the effort of branding up the Solo SR allocated to the 'short' 685s...