Early: Arriva North East 1487/NK61 CZA VDL SB200 Wright Pulsar 2

I take a ride on Arriva North East 1487 which was actually a few minutes early however the driver didn't want to sit at a bus stop and wait he just took it slow all the way through Thornaby.
Operator: Arriva North East
Reg: NK61 CZA
Fleet Number: 1487
Chassis: VDL SB200
Bodywork: Wright Pulsar 2
Livery: Arriva Frequenta
Depot: Stockton
Service: 15 from Ingleby Barwick to Roseworth

[@NorthEastTravel1]

One of my favorite 61 Plates. It can have some godly kickdowns and thrash when its operating the 5 or 5A with the right driver.

[@LAMtransport76]

The 15 is generally a boring and lazy route hence the Lites are regularly put on it. I was also surprised to see the old "Hello from Arriva" sticker on the cab door. The driver was also the same driver that I had on 1405 last month who thrashed it all the way to Ingleby Barwick on the service 16 so this driver isn't really that bad so I believe that it's the route or the fact that he was early.

[@NorthEastTravel1]

@@LAMtransport76 Yeh. A fair few of lites have been out of service recently aswell. Only because they've been suffering problems when on loan at Redcar.

[@LAMtransport76]

@@NorthEastTravel1 it baffles me how Arriva haven't been bothered to fix 1561 since there's about 90 problems with the thing

[@MiracTheEpic]

hope we get to see these in journey mark soon

[@LAMtransport76]

Probably will.