(16 Jun 2014, 9:08 pm)AIG20 wrote I remember when Stagecoach used van-sized "Mercedes-Benz 709D's" on many services, like the 10/11 in South Shields.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...7873647330
Image owned by Gary James Mitchelhill.
Unfortunately, it will be something that the 515/558 passengers will have to get used to.
And this one of Gary's shows you exactly where Stockton's examples used to pop up after the withdrawn of daytime service 56 - at that time there was only need for one 709D for the 630 and the 556 (not entirely sure if the bus that did 630s then did 556s) so the spare used to appear regularly on the 52s or 58s.