<p>New order suggestion for arriva northumbria</p><p><br></p><p><u>Ashington</u></p><p><u><br></u></p><p>&nbsp;6x Volvo B8TL/E400 XLBs&nbsp;&nbsp;for the X15 (including 2 spares) due to the extra length the X15 will no longer be serving&nbsp;the Haymaket bus station. Instead buses will serve St Thomas street</p><p>In Berwick buses will also operate a revised route to accommodate the length.&nbsp; The revised route will also will be operating via Marygate, Castlegate &amp; North Road (Narrowly missing out the railway station whilst still stopping next to the station at the castlegate stop which is a 2 minutes-ish walk from the station it's self)&nbsp;before using the roundabout near the Berwick McDonald's and turnon onto the A1 southbound at the next round about buses will turn onto rotary way operating along rotary way then back onto the regular route. Although this seams like a negative as buses no longer serve the railway station entrance,&nbsp;it is actually a positive as now more stops in Berwick have a direct service to Newcastle and Highfield also now has a direct bus service to Newcastle. This will also result in a change in displays. From Newcastle buses will say&nbsp;</p><p>Morpeth</p><p>For Alnwick (then flicking onto):</p><p>Then onto Berwick &amp; Highfields</p><p><br></p><p>After Morpeth buses will display</p><p><br></p><p>Alnwick</p><p>Then onto Berwick &amp; Highfields</p><p><br></p><p>And from Alnwick buses will display:</p><p>Berwick</p><p>And Highfields</p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;Also due to the long length buses will be fleet numbered separately from the other E400s in the 75xx series. Instead they will be&nbsp;7701-6.</p><p><br></p><p>These buses will feature:</p><p>A glazed roof</p><p>4 tables on the upper deck</p><p>E-leather seats (they seat type will be the same as the lothian examples but with leather and where the harder seats usually arecord they ate replaced with&nbsp; the same seats as the rest of the bus again like the lothian examples&nbsp;guaranteeing a comfy seat for everyone)</p><p>USB charging points at every seat</p><p>2 Wireless chargers at the tables</p><p>NSAs</p><p>Seat belts</p><p>Free wi fi</p><p>Upgrading the X15 to sapphire</p><p><br></p><p>However the interior will be more like ADL demo style</p><p><br></p><p>These buses will also include Smart&nbsp;mirrors and stop start transmission</p><p><br></p><p>7701-4 will be branded</p><p>7705/6 will be spare</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>7513/14/7553-6 will be transferred to Jesmond for the 306</p><p><br></p><p>No further New buses from Ashington</p><p><br></p><p><u>Blyth</u></p><p><u><br></u></p><p>6xE200EVs for the X9 (including 1 spare)</p><p><br></p><p>These buses will have the same interior spec as 9076 and will too include the smart mirrors and stop start transmission and free wi fi</p><p><br></p><p>These buses will displace 1502/4/5 &amp; 7608 to a spare role at blyth replacing 1401-3/7411</p><p><br></p><p>1480 from jesmond will also transfer to blyth (being replaced by an Ex Ashington E400) replacing 7485</p><p><br></p><p>One of the spare E200EVs will replace 7487 with the other being the dedicated X9 Spare</p><p><br></p><p>No further New buses from Blyth<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><u>Jesmond</u></p><p><br></p><p>6x Volvo B8RLE/Plaxton panther LEs for the 685</p><p><br></p><p>These viechles will feature:</p><p>High backed E-leather seats</p><p>USB charging points at every seat</p><p>Free wi-fi</p><p>Seat belts</p><p>Seat back tray tables</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>These coaches will also feature stop start transmission and smart mirrors</p><p><br></p><p>These viechles will carry minimal cross pennine branding</p><p><br></p><p>This will displace 4660-2 to Blyth &amp; Ashington as spares</p><p><br></p><p>With 4660/1 transferring to Ashington</p><p>And 4662 to Blyth</p><p><br></p><p>Jesmond will also receive 7513/14/53-6 for the 306 replacing 7410/2/3/4/5 to Withdrawn, 1480 to Blyth and 1495/6 to be spares for the X12 with 1495 going to Belmont and 1496 to Stockton</p><p><br></p><p>No further New buses</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>