(10 Feb 2017, 9:22 pm)Tamesider wrote I'm now given to understand that both BLOTW and uk-buses are indeed correct and some early reports of registrations were, shall we say, presumptive.
No more news on Middleton though. There has been a report of 22 buses leaving Middleton in the coming weeks and months, but it doesn't automatically follow that they will be replaced by a similar number of new MMCs. For one thing the 22 leaving are split equally between E400s and E200s. There have been a few suggestions going around, and whilst all include some new E400MMCs, it could be that they are supplemented by new E200MMCs, or even mid-life MANs from other depots. One thing does seem certain, and that is that any new buses will '17 reg, not '66.
It does now look like all 22 will be E400 MMCs, thus increasing capacity some months after reducing frequency on their commercial services (the words Stable Door, Closed, Horse and Bolted spring to mind, but hey ho!) uk-buses quotes the registration prefixes as "SN17 xxx"