Arriva North East

[tyresmoke]

RE: Arriva North East
Apparently after the service 7 between Darlington and Durham gets Pulsars in October, to the Sapphire specification and the service gets relaunched... Stocktons service 7 will also under a similar transformation, with 7 new Optare Solo SRs on order, I believe due in January 2014. This will form part of a transformation of this service with leather seats, free wi-if etc. Another extra step will be the formation of a separate rota which should see a dedicated team of drivers operate the 7 all of the time. I understand there will also be a few service changes, although these are still in the early stages so can't say too much (yet) that will see Arriva attempt to regain some of the market that has been lost around the Yarm area. This may include a peak service to Kirklevington extending to/from Willey Flatts.