(24 Mar 2017, 6:43 pm)Jamie M wrote It's part of the former low-cost unit at gateshead, so I'd be inclined to disagree. So long as there are buses with 4 wheels on, I'd say it ticks all of the boxes. The current solars do a good job. I take it almost every day and it's perfect for the route. Mercs should be reserved for more upscale work, like routes which find themselves in and out of central gateshead. Given the scanias aren't depot standard, I see those going to Stanley for what I mentioned above - changes to all of the Stanley expresses to remove double decks when they clearly aren't needed. With the 5 extra scanias, there'd only need to be a few other buses to meet the PVR. Streetlites could come from anywhere to make this work - Saltie Parks? They were updated from those awful versas years ago and could be covered by the mercs which are left over, if my calculations are ok.
Are you talking about the Loop as they have never been low cost?