(14 Sep 2016, 1:27 pm)GX03 SVC wrote 7 people have had to push 7506 off the stand at Haymarket earlier, to get it started so it could return to depot

Will probably be more needing to be pushed of the stand. No orders for this financial year unless by the look of things unless any haven't been published yet.

Said the usual time and time again.

It would be like if GNE decided to use the ex TTX deckers (tarted up of course) on the TEN and only purchased 6x B9TLs back in 2013. It would have been a disaster waiting to happen (even though they're using 3x now taking into account the nature of 6084).

Them Enviro 400s have been through a very hard life and an expensive refurbishment certainly wasn't justified. They would've been suited to the likes of the 43/44/45 and even the 306.

Got to remember that with the A1 roadworks now complete plus an improved Cowgate junction, another operator could easily take on Arriva particularly with their close proximity to the A1 plus a suitable changeover location on Ponteland Road as well as integration and combination with other local 'X' services. And not forgetting that, for any students or other people who work at the Metrocentre, a frequent bus service every few minutes run by the same company mentioned too. That company has already expanded into some of GNE's territory east of Wallsend and they're looking to expand (all divisions) rather than just sticking to Town / City territory.