(24 Nov 2013, 10:38 pm)Dan wrote Looking at photographs on Flickr, the service appears to have previously been allocated a mixture of single deckers (pink OmniCitys, unbranded "MetroLINK" Solars, "Red Arrows" Mercs...) but also coaches. There was only one example of a double decker being used, which to me suggests that the service did not justify double decker usage back then. Why do you think it would justify the usage of Go North East's best double decker in the fleet now?
Story of 'Red Arrows' X2 (to the best of my recall), when the branding started back in 2006, it used ex-National Express coaches branded 'Red Arrows' with the original batch of Citaros (5275-83) ordered, originally expected in early 2007 (ie on 56 plates) alongside the OmniCitys. However, when there appeared to be a delay, the OmniCitys destined for Chester-Le-Street for the 21/22 (5262-74) were diverted to Washington to work the X2 (and X1 when it started) until the Citaros were delivered. I believe it stayed the same (with the addition of the X3) until 2009 when the X1 was increased to every 10 minutes.