(06 Oct 2013, 3:06 pm)Michael wrote Which of the MPD/SPD's will be getting withdrawn first? (sorry if its being ask, i can't find it) once all the new buses are in Service?
Go North East try to withdraw vehicles in numerical fleet number order, (i.e. 501 before 502), but occasionally this does not happen.
Once all new buses are in service, all SPDs will be withdrawn, and maybe we can expect to see the start of the Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown withdrawal too - again, in numerical fleet number order.
The MPDs will be withdrawn by brand upgrade rather than by fleet number - we already know that the Versas currently allocated to "Saltwell Park" 53/54 will be transferred to Washington for use on "South Tyne" 88/88A, and this will allow the Cadets currently allocated to those services to be used on "Washington Street Shuttle" services M2/M3 (although the brand will indeed be scrapped, and they will go under GNE's corporate livery). We also know that "Northern" MPDs 603-606 are to be transferred to Washington for use on "Washington Street Shuttle" services W5/W6, again, appearing under the Northern identity.
MPDs 523-31 will therefore be withdrawn, MPDs 566-69 will be transferred to Percy Main for use on “North Tyne Links” services, allowing MPDs 504, 505, 514 and 517 to be withdrawn.
As part of the "Venture" upgrade, we should see MPDs 512, 515, 516, 518, 521, 532 withdrawn and MPDs 533, 534, 544, 545, 546, 618 and 619 transferred to Peterlee, replacing 501, 502, 503, 510, 519, 520 and 522 to withdrawn.
Remember - similar to the planned movements Rob has issued, these could change too...