(21 May 2017, 9:05 am)Dan wrote There's not really many fleet movements planned, just changes to the allocations at each depot mainly. Most of the changes which were planned were to allow the withdrawal of further double-decks from the fleet, but as noted yesterday, any of these which can be retained over the summer, will be.

5237 is still pending transfer to Stanley having been replaced at Riverside following the return of the refurbished Merc Citaros for the 12/12A. 6124 is currently VOR - once repairs are completed, this will be repainted black and branded for Toonlink. So until both of these buses are in service at Stanley, the Toon Link group of services may see the frequent allocation of fleet liveried OmniCitys/OmniDekkas.

713 has now returned to Stanley following loan to Chester-le-Street - it, and the others, are all pencilled in to receive Metrocentre Mini branding today. 648 is due to be repainted into fleet livery shortly - this and 649 will be the spare buses for the minibus network at Stanley. No minibuses scheduled to be out in service on a Sunday anymore, which is another reason why the Next Stop Announcement kits could be removed from the "Venture" minibuses.