Optare Metrorider, 2702 (R702MHN) in North Road, Durham – 16th July 2008

East Lancs bodied Scania L113CRL, 282 (N282NCN), at Durham on 8th April 2009

MCW Metrobus 611 (GYE396W) arrives at Durham bus station – 9th August 2007

One of two MCW Metrobuses to be outshopped in yellow ‘School Bus’ livery, 614 (GYE525W), is seen about to enter Durham bus station on the afternoon of 21st December 2007, with a service X41 working from Newcastle

MCW Metrobus 630 (B90WUL) seen at Durham – 21st December 2007

Wright bodied VDL SB200, 1426 (NK09EKB), the North East Bus Preservation Trust's Father's Day rally at Howlands park and ride site, Durham – 21st June 2009

Optare ‘Vecta’-bodied MAN, 1517 (K517BHN) at Durham – 9th August 2007

Optare ‘Vecta’-bodied MAN, 1545 (L545GHN) seen at Durham Bus Station – 9th August 2007

Plaxton 'Pointer 2' bodied Dart SLF 1641 (S641KHN) departs from Sunderland's Transport Interchange - 4th October 2006.

Dart SLF/Plaxton 1649 (R424COO) seen at Durham on the afternoon of August 9th 2007

Plaxton-bodied low floor Dart, 1656 (R431COO) at Sunderland Interchange - 12th April 2007.

Former Stagecoach North East/Busways Alexander bodied Dart, 1660 (L729VNL), seen at Durham bus station on 8th April 2009

1685 (L141YVK) is a step-entrance Dart fitted with a Northern Counties 'Paladin' body. The bus is seen at Durham bus station on the afternoon of October 26th 2006. Notice the Arriva Yorkshire fleetnames which are still to be changed following its transfer north.

On 9th August 2007, Plaxton ‘Pointer’-bodied Dart 1686 (J220HGY) is seen departing from Durham Bus Station on the Bishop Auckland service.

Plaxton Pointer bodied Dart, 1698 (M211YKD), seen in North Road, Durham on 8th April 2009

'Mini Pointer'-bodied Dart SLF 1773 (NK05GWU) at Durham bus station - 26th October 2006.

Wright-bodied DAF 1917 (R76PRG) departs from Sunderland Interchange - 12th April 2007.

Optare Metrorider 2624 (P624FHN) at Durham - 26th October 2006.

Optare Metroriders 2633 (P633FHN) and 2616 (P616FHN) seen at the former United Automobile bus depot in Waddington Street, Durham – 9th August 2007

Optare Solo, 2806 (YK08ERZ), in North Road, Durham – 16th July 2008

Optare Solo 2818 (YK08ETT) in Stockton Road, Sunderland - 24th October 2008

Optare Solo, 2822 (YK08ETY) at Durham on 8th April 2009

Optare ‘Prisma’-bodied Mercedes-Benz, 3002 (M302SAJ) arrives at Newcastle’s Prudhoe Street Bus Station with an X1 working from Middlesbrough – 15th August 2007.

Optare ‘Prisma’-bodied Mercedes-Benz 0405, 3014 (N514XVN), seen in North Road, Durham – 21st December 2007

Optare 'Delta'-bodied DAF SB220 4010 (K410BHN) seen at Durham on the afternoon of October 26th 2006.

Optare ‘Delta’-bodied DAF SB220, 4020 (L420FHN), is seen turning into Durham bus station in fading light on the afternoon of 21st December 2007

Plaxton Prestige bodied DAF, 4065 (S707KFT), at Durham bus station on 8th April 2009

Plaxton 'Prestige'-bodied DAF 4065 (S707KFT) enters Durham bus station - 26th October 2006.

In this busy afternoon scene of North Road, Durham, several Arriva Durham County vehicles can be seen hard at work - Scania Omnicity 4646 (NK05GWZ) and Plaxton ‘Prestige’-bodied DAF 4071 (S713KRG), while an unidentified Dart SLF departs from the bus station. 9th August 2007

Optare ‘Delta’-bodied DAF, 4098 (P130RWR) seen at the 2007 Seaburn bus rally. When new in 1996, this vehicle was operated as a airport transfer bus at Luton, passing to Arriva in 2004 and is one of the very last Delta bodies to be built.

Ikarus 'CitiBus'-bodied DAF SB220 4108 (L532EHD) pulls out of Sunderland Interchange on the 230 service to Hartlepool. 22nd August 2006.

Plaxton 'Pointer'-bodied Volvo B6 4535 (L220TKA) at Durham - 26th October 2006.

Scania Omnicity 4646 (NK05GWZ), seen at Durham – 21st December 2007

Fourteen Scania OmniCity buses were purchased in 2005 and are regulars on the X1 service between Newcastle and Middlesbrough. Here we see 4658 (NK05GXN) at Durham on the afternoon of October 26th 2006.

ECW-bodied Leyland Olympian 7211 (C102CHM) seen arriving at Durham Bus Station – 9th August 2007. This vehicle had only recently been transferred to Durham depot and had not been fitted with an appropriate destination blind, hence the makeshift display in the front windscreen.

Former London ECW-bodied Leyland Olympian 7216 (D160FYM) at Durham - 26th October 2006.

Leyland Olympian/ECW 7219 (D216FYM) seen at Durham Bus Station being used as the staff shuttle – 9th August 2007

Little more than four-and-a-half months later on 21st December 2007, Olympian 7219 is again seen at Durham bus station, but looking very down-at-heel with the nearside corner of its front roof dome having received some minor damage.

Northern Counties ‘Palatine’ bodied Scania N113DRB, 7251 (L160GYL), seen entering Durham bus station on 8th April 2009

Northern Counties 'Palatine'-bodied Scania N113DRB 7253 (M178LYP) seen at Durham on the 26th October 2006.

Northern Counties ‘Palatine’-bodied Scania N113DRB, 7257 (N182OYH), and Metrobus 614 (GYE525W) take a break between duties at Durham bus station – 21st December 2007

Northern Counties Palatine bodied Scania N113DRB, 7257 (N182OYH), at Sunderland Interchange on the afternoon of 24th February 2009

East Lancs bodied Scania N113DRB, 7260 (M170GRY), enters Prudhoe Street bus station, Newcastle – 23rd December 2008

East Lancs bodied Scania N113DRB, 7264 (N164VVO), at Durham on 8th April 2009

East Lancs bodied Scania N113DRB, 7266 (N163VVO), in North Road, Durham, on 8th April 2009

East Lancashire-bodied Volvo Olympian, 7422 (M686HPF) waits its next turn of duty on the staff shuttle at Durham bus station on the afternoon of 21st December 2007

Volvo Olympian/East Lancs, 7424 (M688HPF), in North Road, Durham, on 8th April 2009

Volvo Olympian/East Lancs, 7427 (M691HPF), in North Road, Durham, on 8th April 2009

On the 26th October 2006 Volvo Olympian 7428 (M692HPF) is seen at Durham working the X24 service to the Gateshead MetroCentre. The bus is fitted with an Alexander-style East Lancashire body.

East Lancs ‘Lowlander’-bodied DAF, 7443 (Y693EBR) seen at Durham – 9th August 2007

Northern Counties Palatine II bodied DAF, 7451 (R208CKO), seen at Durham on 8th April 2009

Northern Counties Palatine II bodied DAF, 7451 (R208CKO), in North Road, Durham – 8th April 2009

Optare Spectra 7458 (L95HRF), in North Road, Durham, on 8th April 2009

Plaxton ‘Prestige’-bodied DAF, 4080 (T81AUA) at Durham – 9th August 2007

A general view of Durham bus station on the afternoon of 8th April 2009