(10 Aug 2023, 5:54 pm)Bazza wrote I don’t claim to have any inside knowledge or indeed know enough about First, but there is a fairly persistent rumour amongst local Arriva staff that a deal has been done and First has bought, at minimum, Arriva Northumbria, with an announcement within the next few weeks.

This has been circulating since the beginning of July and refuses to die.

Could see the return of NORTHUMBRIA or something down those lines going off First's other area brandings.

Doubt it would ever happen....but would be interesting if GNE ever landed Ashington depot and watching the potential shifting around of some of the native Arriva E400MMCs and GNE's native E400MMCs.....not forgetting that GNE's native examples have something that would be extremely popular on the X14/X15/X18.