Arriva North East

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RE: Arriva North East
Major updates from the North East

The transfer of the B9TL/Olympus in exchange for some of the ex-London B7TL/Alexander Dennis ALX400 is now not happening. 7416 (the one that retains Urban90 seating) is currently working for Ashington, while 7424/6 have setted at Redcar for the X93. As such, 7486 is now at Ashington while 7487 is working for Durham but will move to Blyth this weekend to replace the last T-reg ALX400-bodied DB250 7458.
7418/21/3 are now in service at Durham.
Arriva North East 7424 (LJ55 BPZ) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

Stockton-based Solos 2803-5/7/8/29 are now painted and branded for 'Frequenta' 7 (Stockton - Yarm, Willey Flatts) and also feature Next Stop Announcement (NSA) systems . 2826 has not been treated and will be transferred out of Stockton at some point in the future.
Durham-based 2822/3/38/9 have also been repainted into Frequenta base livery for the 49/49a (Durham - Brandon Circulars).
Arriva North East 2807 (YK08 ESU) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

Stockton-based Pulsars 1485/9/91/4 have been painted into 'Frequenta' base livery ahead of the upgrading of the 15 (Roseworth/North Tees Hospital - Stockton - Thornaby - Bassleton Court/Cunningham Drive/Ingleby Barwick), however painting of the Stockton fleet has now been suspended due to long-term roadworks on the 15 route which will push the rebranding into 2017.
Arriva North East 1489 (NK61 CZC) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

Instead, painting is on-going on the Redcar fleet ready for their 'Frequenta' upgrade on the 63 (Redcar - Eston - Middlesbrough). So far treated are Pulsars 1432/8. The remaining Pulsars (1429-31/3-7/9) will be treated along with some of the Temsas.
Arriva North East 1432 (NK59 DNN) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

Cadet 1906 moved to Redcar from Stockton to cover the repainting - however, following the fatal accident in Darlington Town Centre a few weeks ago, it has transferred back to Darlington depot to cover the missing EcoCity (4802).