Arriva North East

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RE: Arriva North East

(01/11/2014 21:09)Metroline1511 Wrote:  The loss of Enviro200s 4071-79 from Southern Counties is a shock. They were ousted from TfL route 66 in August, having been replaced by Gemini integrals a year older from route 38. As they were dual-doored it was expected that these would be redeployed in London, but this no longer looks destined to happen.

They were offered to North East - as the X-GGO Darts are a mix bag (some were upgraded to meet the DDA standard while some weren't hence the different in seating capacity) and Durham's 64 requires an upgrade.

Revised details sees the 'Older' X1 renumbered X12 in January prior to the upgrading of 'The Best One' X1 to MAX specification. The X2/X12 are also being upgraded later in the year hence the renumbering to avoid confusion.

Other confirmed upgrades planned next year include the upgrading of the 6 (Durham-West Auckland/Cockfield) to Sapphire using brand new Streetlites and Enviro400s along with so many of Darlington's Sapphire Pulsars displaced from 7s by new Enviro400s. There's also potential that the remaining Blyth-Newcastle Express ('Quorum Express' X4/X5 and the X13) will be upgraded to MAX specification.