Some unusual workings from last night were Whitby ALX200 Dart 1103 making a trip on service 5 to Middlesbrough, while Prestige 4002 turned up on the X93.
Durham were using Prestige 4051 on the evening X1s.

This morning saw a demonstration in the Market Square in Darlington involving Arriva Wales ADL E400 4402 (J200ABW) which was there to demonstrate the Sapphire brand which will be introduced to service 7 later in the year. This was in conjunction with the transport minister Norman Baker being in the region, visiting various transport projects in Middlesbrough, Stockton, Shildon and Darlington on Ecocity 4803.