(19 Dec 2017, 4:31 pm)mb134 wrote Still seems quite shortsighted, as I'm sure GNE would have already been in the process of ordering the Streetdecks in the summer when it was repainted?
They would have been in the process of ordering, but its normally around 6 months from order to delivery. There would have been no guarantee of delivery before Christmas - Wrightbus seem to build batches of StreetDeck for all operators together, batches for Brighton and First being built concurrently.