(25 Feb 2026, 5:28 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote I was confused when I saw 7599 in Arriva North East and Arriva Northumbria on bus times, is it a loan to Blyth or permanent? I was told 7598 and 7599 were for Whitby Park and Ride?
7599 is up on loan in place of 7580, which was one of the 5 helping at Ashington but has returned to Redcar.
7599 can’t be used at Ashington as it has camera mirrors, so it went to Blyth and 7533 returned to Ashington.
7533 went to Blyth at the weekend in place of one of 7503/9 which can’t be used at Blyth due to emissions.
Lots of movements currently, largely because of how much end of life stock there is!
As an aside, to highlight how bad the Blyth vehicles are, 7522 has again been returned to Blyth because of how bad it is. 7620 the latest on loan to Ashington from them (in order, as part of the “everyone send a bus to Ashington” the ones Blyth have sent have been 7636/1505/7557/7522 - all have been sent back). The rest of the current swaps are emissions related I believe.