(24 Jan 2020, 12:47 am)Storx wrote The solos are in shocking state especially the few which are at Ashington they're literally falling apart and that's not even mentioning the MPD's which are even worse. Speaking of solos though does anyone know what the plan is with the ones at Jesmond when the new LEZ comes in as I can't see them being upgraded to Euro 6 and there's no minibuses which realistically could be either.

Whoever said about the interior of Arriva buses imo it's aged much better than both GNE and Stagecoach, the buses still feel modern imo. GNE's blue design just looks and feels tacky nowadays - blue really isn't in lately imo. (I know it's finally changed now) and Stagecoach's livery feels like something from the 90's / early 00's (which it is).

I personally prefer the shade of blue that GNE used on the leather seats compared to the one that Arriva uses. It seems to hide the dirt a lot easier, having said that it could be because Arriva never seem to wipe them down!
My personal favourite is the red and blue leather seats, although I prefer the leather they used to use, the one on the Angels is super slippery now but the 5 year old dark blue leather still feels new!

To be honest, I just really don't like Arriva's colour scheme, it's not as bad as Stagecoaches but it's not far off.
The vinyl flooring they used just looks tacky, they would have been better off using a plain flooring rather than one covered in Arriva logos!