Following temporary loan to Stagecoach West to provide special shuttle services to the Cheltenham racecourse, this vehicle has returned to service at Stagecoach North East's Walkergate Depot.
This vehicle has transferred from Stockton (Reserve) to South Shields (Reserve), to provide an extra vehicle for the duration of roadworks, allowing service X34 to be time-corrected where necessary.
Prior to being released for internal refurbishment and repaint at Bus & Coach World, Blackburn, this vehicle has been withdrawn from service at Riverside Depot.
Following recent service changes which saw the PVR of "Sapphire" services 5/5A reduce; this vehicle has lost its sub-branding for services 5/5A, and now carries generic "Sapphire" branding.
Following recent service changes which saw the PVR of "Sapphire" services 5/5A reduce; this vehicle has lost its sub-branding for services 5/5A, and now carries generic "Sapphire" branding.
Ahead of upcoming service changes which will see Nexus-secured service 353 revised to operate commercially and part of Percy Main's "indiGo North Tyne" network as an extension of service 42; this vehicle has been repainted into Go North East's new corporate livery, having previously carried "Nexus" branding. This example carries the tagline "Stay Connected | Many of our buses have free WiFi on board"
In order to standardise the fleets at Stanley and Washington following the entry into service of the new Wright Streetlite DF/Wright Streetlite Max Micro-Hybrid vehicles on "Durham Diamond" services 16/16A, this vehicle is planned to transfer to Washington in exchange for Scania CN230UB/Scania Omnicity 5248 (NK56 KHU) and 5249 (NK56 KHV). As such; ahead of its impending cascade to Washington Depot, this vehicle has been fitted with free customer Wi-Fi, in order to provide an improved customer experience when a "Connections4" branded Mercedes Citaro is unavailable for service.
In order to standardise the fleets at Stanley and Washington following the entry into service of the new Wright Streetlite DF/Wright Streetlite Max Micro-Hybrid vehicles on "Durham Diamond" services 16/16A, this vehicle is planned to transfer to Washington in exchange for Scania CN230UB/Scania Omnicity 5248 (NK56 KHU) and 5249 (NK56 KHV). As such; ahead of its impending cascade to Washington Depot, this vehicle has been fitted with free customer Wi-Fi, in order to provide an improved customer experience when a "Connections4" branded Mercedes Citaro is unavailable for service.
Following recent service changes which saw the PVR of "Sapphire" services 5/5A reduce; this vehicle has lost its sub-branding for services 5/5A, and now carries generic "Sapphire" branding.
