(22 Feb 2026, 11:40 am)Storx wrote Not recently it hasn't mind; it's been a bit random since the start of the year really; it only done Thurs and Friday the week before for example.
and wasn't on the 9th/12th/13th/16th/19th/20th January either, the vehicles you mentioning above being on the other weeks.
Pretty much every day (bar this week) it hasn't been on the 553 it's been on a later run out, indicating that it likely hasn't been ready to go when the 553 leaves the depot.
This week it was out at 5:08am, 6:03am (tracking at Cramlington, so left earlier), 5:17am, and 6:13am on the days it didn't do a 553.
I see the 553 on my commute every day, so can confirm first hand that it is rare that 1499 isn't on the 553 for more than a day or so. Understandable when the replacement is the same vehicle for a period (i.e 7506 and 1389), but curious when it is out and a different Pulsar is on the 553 each day.