(13 Apr 2015, 8:22 pm)mb134 wrote Just a thought, but could it be for Sunday's, if the PVR is below 5? (Sorry if it isn't, no clue about most routes south of the Tyne PVR etc wise)I think the reason why they are probably training non Sapphire drivers is for if the Enivro's need to appear off route for whatever reason, so say a bus on service 5 needs to be replaced and all there is available to replace the bus is a Sapphire Enviro and the service never normally has a Sapphire driver so they will be unfamiliar with the bus as the only examples are for the 7 which has a team of dedicated drivers.
Alternatively, I know that when a bus if off the road at Ashington, when it's fixed, it may return to service on a more local route first, the 35 for example, could it be a similar thing here?
Doubt they will be appearing on other routes on a Sunday, may be wrong but it's looking possible that the 7 may interwork with the 19 on Sundays from next month although it will probably still have Sapphire drivers and I imagine Pulsars would be used on Sundays. Think the 7 has a PVR of 3 on a Sunday.