(18 Jan 2019, 7:41 pm)RobinHood wrote I don't think they are banned, but they have had major unit replacements, and engineers suggested they be kept local.

Does seem to have been for a while though..

If a major unit has been replaced, presumably at significant cost, then I'm at a loss as to why the bus wouldn't be able to be allocated to the route it's intended to be allocated to?

If the buses cannot be used on the 5/5A services any more - which is pants from a customer perspective if they're expecting the Sapphire standard features - then should the buses not be de-branded?

A report on an enthusiasts' Facebook page suggests that there have been some branding modifications at Belmont. See post below:

"Due to PVR changes several months ago and to ease allocation difficulties a few buses have had their branding changed at Durham depot:
1533 now generic Sapphire
7427 now generic MAX
7539 now generic Sapphire
A Frequenta 64 E200 should be debranded shortly too."