(10 Sep 2016, 1:37 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote It shouldn't, I was just replying to his query about whether the E400 is still offered with the old bodywork.Although the 7 is quite a popular service, I don't feel that it warrants full double decker operation especially in the evenings and on Sundays which are both operated by the Darlington branded Pulsar's.
I'd replace all of them with MMCs and transfer the 14 plate E400s to the 7 to make it fully Double Deck imo
Can't see any allocation changes happening anytime soon, I think if Arriva really wanted to spend a fair amount of money on a full batch of new buses for the X21/X22 they would have done it back in 2014 rather than refurbishing old stock.