(05 Apr 2016, 3:10 pm)Panasonic44 wrote If South Tyne buses do get upgrade they could get volvo 7900h from Lothian Buses.
For Crusader could/hope to get Scania Omnicity Double Decker from Brighton and Hove and rename the route to Toonlink/merge together created better value connections to Metrocentre.
The move citraos to 93/94, or to 1 (swap citraos for Omnicity) 88/88A, or 97/96.
I don't see why Lothian would give their new Volvo hybrids away, nor could I see the benefit for a company in buying near new? Go Ahead are one of the market leaders, and I'm sure they'd buy their stock as new. That being said though, and as nice as the Volvo hybrids are, does the benefit outweigh the costs?
For Crusader; I'm not sure I see the logic in replacing a premium vehicle like a Citaro, with a 12+ year old second hand decker? As much as I personally like the OmniDekkas, I think GNE would want something a bit better for a route that competes with the Shields to Newcastle Metro corridor.