(23 Feb 2015, 5:07 pm)citaro5284 wrote Everything that Saltmeadows operated will be operated from Riverside. You have to remember that the bus board workings are given to the operator by Nexus, so it is up to them if they want the work operated differently.
To put this into context:
The contract for service 85 is included in the same bundle as the 68, 92, 927 and 93A services. Likewise, the contract for service 86 is included in the same bundle as the 516 service. Although the 85/86 services are only partially-secured, services 68 and 516 are fully-secured by Nexus, stipulating the use of a Euro 5 vehicle.
It's for this reason why the morning 939 service, previously operated by Go North East using a "Venture" branded Dennis MPD, is now operated by a taxi-bus. Nexus changed the bundles, so it was included with the TB10 service. It's cheaper to run a bus service with a car than it is a bus, so more economically advantageous tenders are submitted to Nexus.