(15 Mar 2015, 9:38 pm)Bus_User wrote Just curious to know was it Arriva drivers driving the Jim Hughes tridents or drivers from JH themselves?JH drivers were driving JH buses. Could identify them a mile away as they didn't seem to be wearing any form of uniform other than a high viz with JH lettering on the back.
And what is the link between Jim Hughes/Arriva? I know there was a link between Arriva/Classic/TGM and I know Jim Hughes took over Classic but I did not realise there still seem to be some sort of linkage between the 2 companies.
Arriva don't have enough spare double deckers on Saturdays to provide a full PVR for Metro Replacements themselves, unlike Go North East who have a tonne of spare Volvo B7s. There is of course a link between JH and Classic, so I guess agreements between Classic and Arriva carried on as normal when the staff moved over to JH.