(31 Aug 2026, 6:50 pm)PH - BQA wrote Nice to see the attention to detail is still top notch at Arriva. Old livery (by about 9 years now) 1425 sent to a rally today, missing a vinyl on the first panel you can see, and two completely different shades of blue on the top and bottom half either side of the windscreen.I don’t see why you’re moaning for about why the driver took 1425 down to the rally there’s really nothing wrong with it at all it’s a pulsar yeah but I respect the drivers decision that they took 1425 down to the rally because the 09/59 plate pulsars are starting to get withdrawn so obviously you would want to get a photo of it at a bus rally with another bus (4718) which is now preserved which was based at the same depot as 1425 both of them together is a better choice and a better decision for arriva to say farewell to 2 good buses that have serve the North East so show some respect to the driver and have some decency that the driver took a bus to the bus to a rally instead of moaning about it
A bus which attended in preservation was in a more up to date livery than something sent by the company. Embarrassing.
Arriva North East: 1425 NK09EKA VDL SB200/Wright Pulsar by emdjt42, on Flickr
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