(28 Feb 2022, 12:06 am)solsburian wrote IIRC it was 4079 T83AUA that had the Arrvia interior (and possibly tinted windows). The others had what seemed to me, a generic dealer stock interior (and didn't have the British Bus Smarties seat covers from new). An extra factoid would be that 4079 did the final 17:15 X36 journey from Newcastle.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...LmY-ShcBJE - That was the interior like.
Isn't it the same as the GNE interior at the time, I could be wrong though. It's odd though because the rest of the bus is in Arriva livery excluding the tinted windows with the turquoise used at the front. Odd though, wonder if it was planned to be the interior and they swapped them half way through.
On the Polaris, not a clue it's just a new design I believe. They were rare as hens teeth though, Arriva got 2 through their acquisition of a local bus company in Guisley.