(02 Sep 2017, 7:20 pm)Malarkey wrote The seating is different to the dealer stock B9's that Go North East received for the Red Kite - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalarkey/

So they must of been changed prior to entering service.

Nope, the Go North East quartet are the odd ones out - all of East Yorkshire's 2014/15 Dealer-spec B9s have the same seats as 7401-6 (just without headrests and are cloth trimmed rather than e-leather)