Arriva North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva North East
7458 (T313 FGN) is currently in the paintshop being repainted. A further recent repaint is withdrawn MPD 1711 which will be part of the refurbishment pool for the summer when refurbishments are taking place, which brings me to this......

Introducing... Arriva Max
Max will be the new Arriva brand for express services, to be launched later in 2014. It will offer an upgraded specification for interurban services with free wi-fi and e-leather seating, so one step down from the "Sapphire" services but still upgraded. The North East will be the first to launch this in the UK group.

Services to be included in 2014 are:
- X10/X11 from Ashington... Refurbished VDL Gemini
- X14 from Ashington... Refurbished ADL Enviro 400
- X15 from Ashington... Refurbished coaches (believed to be transfers from GreenLine, those 55 plate Van Hools for example are heavily rumoured)
- X18 from Ashington... 6 new ADL Enviro 400
- X26/X27 from Darlington... Refurbished Scania Omnicity
- X66 from Darlington... Refurbished Scania Omnicity
Further Max services are expected to be announced for 2015.