(10 Oct 2013, 12:09 am)CitaroFavourite wrote wonder if it will be plain or epic time will tell anyways saltwell park buses are supposingly going on my local route 88/88A there needed on there as the current cadets always seem to knack out and Gateshead were the ones who wrecked them on 27 glad there citaros now but versas on 88/88A will give passengers more extra comfort and better euro emissions both Saltwell Park and Drifter examples are both Euro 4 while from Quaylink orders onwards Euro 5
Here is the post which confirmed movements and the Delivery dates, the only one missing was the Scania's from the 56 when they get B9's - Thanks Rob.
Rob Wrote: I shall edit this post with a list of movements.
Citaro 5358 – 5368 filling the void on MetroLINK / Connections 4 service, will allow the following will occur:
Scania 4956, 4957, 4958, 4959 and 4960 will move to Chester-le-Street for 28/28A services, to be branded in 2/3 weeks.
Scania 4961, 4962 and 4963 are due to remain at Washington as allocated Northern vehicles.
Scania 4964 and 4965 will move to Deptford as allocated Northern vehicles.
Scania 4966 will move to Gateshead as an allocated Northern vehicle.
811.5 metre Streetlite for Drifter service 60
8302 to 8305 are destined for Lambton Worm services 34/34A.
8306 to 8309 are destined for Simplicity, providing a 10 minute 39 service - along with the rest (expect for the 5 for the 42) - Will Join Simplicity Brand.
8 10.8 metre Streetlite for Saltwell Park services 53/54
8294 to 8301 are now destined for South Tyne services 88/88A.
17 Volvo B9/Wright Gemini for Coblalt Clipper services
Mercedes Citaro 5331 to 5238 are destined for Pronto services X21.
6 Scania Omnicity are expected to move to Whey-Aye-Five-0 services 50/50A.
4 Scania Omnicity are expected to move to Stanley for services X30
Also... 11 Mercedes Citaro for MetroLINK -ALL HERE =D - Enter service mid October at a date to be confirmed. - Confirmed from GNE they will enter from the 20th October.
8 Wright Streetlite for Drifter and 8 Wright Streetlite for Saltwell Park, which are due to start arriving towards the end of October - Drifter variants first. They are 2 different lengths for those who like the details.
14 Optare Versa for Citylink, which are due to start arriving mid/late October.
12 Optare Solo SR for Venture, which are due to arriving mid November.
34 Volvo B9/Wright Gemini for Fab Fifty Six and Cobalt Clipper, which are due to start arriving late December.
From the initial arrival dates, it will take a few weeks for everything to arrive, be fitted with the key smart card readers, have blinds programmed, branded, tested and ready to go.
In terms of the additional 15 vehicles which could be arriving next year, details have not been confirmed. What I will say, is that there is 1 route which has had no change for a while, and a lot of you have speculated for a while that it will get upgrades before the Waggonway. That one!
It might be spam but it's better to keep posting it than Rob haven't to do it all again.