(07 Dec 2013, 9:43 pm)tyresmoke wrote Thanks for that, what do you make to the leather seats on these Omnicities? There have apparently been many complaints which seems to be an integral part of the reasoning behind their "refurbishment" next year.

They're ok for journeys less than 30 minutes, I dare say comfortable.
Anything more than that (for example 2 and a half hours from Newcastle to Carlisle), they really get irritating.
Talking about irritating, the people who have complained are no doubt the ones who go and bleat to the local press (Hexham Courant being one) saying they should have seatbelts, (I think some of them believe Arriva is breaking the law not having any fitted).
I bet the same ones who will complain will never use them; they're whining for the sake of it.

Mind they're much better than the old DAF seats, should some chewing gum ever get attached to them!