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Vehicle Details

Registration: KY63 VTL

Chassis: Optare Solo SR M900

Bodywork: Optare

Depot: Hexham

Livery: Tynedale Links

Year new: 2013

Vehicle History

June 2020 Go North East Photograph by From Monday 1 June 2020, in line with guidance from the government, Go North East's bus services will start returning to what can be considered a 'normal' level of service on weekdays (albeit still reduced on weekends), also with some minor changes which had originally been planned to take place from 17 May 2020. As such, this vehicle has now been reinstated at Hexham.
April 2020 Go North East Photograph by Further service changes have taken place due to the reduced demand for bus services as a result of the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. As such, this vehicle has been taken out of service. It is expected to be formally delicensed closer to the end of the month, in order to allow the company to claim a tax refund.
September 2018 Go North East Photograph by Having temporarily entered service in a plain yellow and blue base livery, this vehicle has now received "Tynedale Links" branding.
September 2018 Go North East Photograph by Currently without "Tynedale Links" branding, this vehicle has now entered service at Hexham Depot.
August 2018 Go North East Photograph by Prior to entering service, this vehicle has been repainted into a plain yellow and blue base livery.
August 2018 Go North East This vehicle has now been acquired by Go North East, following its return to the lessor (Dawson Group). It has received fleet number 721 at Go North East, and is one of a batch of 8 pre-owned Optare Solos being acquired by Go North East, due to a shortage of minibuses following the award of contracts. To allow the withdrawal of the final Mini Pointer Dart in their fleet, this vehicle will be allocated to Hexham Depot.

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This vehicle has entered service at Riverside Depot on "Red Kite" service 47 (Newcastle - Blackhall Mill).
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This vehicle has been repainted into a plain white base livery, providing spare coverage in the event of a branded vehicle being unavailable for service. Following repaint, it also transferred from Deptford Depot to Percy Main.
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May 2019 Go North East
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Following the recent announcement that the Stagecoach operated City Sightseeing tour of Newcastle will not be returning this season, Go North East has decided to launch their own trial operation of a part replacement seasonal open... see more
May 2015 Go North East
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Following a number of publicity events to promote the investment into new vehicles for services 8 and 78, this vehicle has entered service at Chester-le-Street Depot. On Sundays; when the PVR of the "Coast & Country"... see more
May 2017 Go North East
#5253
Having previously carried sub-branding for services X30/X31 (Stanley - Newcastle); this vehicle has had these vinyls stripped and new vinyls added, sporting the taglines "For city centre shops and leisure" and... see more
May 2017 Go North East
#5235
Having previously carried sub-branding for services 12/12A (Newcastle - Winlaton); this vehicle has had these vinyls stripped and new vinyls added, sporting the taglines "For city centre shops and leisure" and... see more
May 2018 Go North East
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Prior to entering service, this vehicle has been repainted into Go North East's corporate livery. This example carries the tagline "It's our fantastic people - all 2000 of them - that make the wheels on our buses go... see more
May 2016 Go North East
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This vehicle has entered service at Deptford Depot, on "Prince Bishops" services 20/20A/X20 (South Shields - Durham).