(28 Nov 2016, 1:58 pm)a718abb wrote I believe they did, but it still means that there are 15 yr old buses on front lone services.
True.
I was thinking more along the lines of payback time vs the investment (and I can't remember who much the funding was); and if Gateshead Council bid for the funding to reduce air pollution, maybe there is some condition to the funding that the vehicles in question have to stay operating within Gateshead.
I suppose Citaros are Euro 5 if they were to become available.