(01 May 2018, 9:26 am)Kuyoyo wrote Still no sign of an order announcement but we do have some confirmations and some speculation:

Meanwhile, it has been mentioned on the 'Travel South Yorkshire' forum that new deckers (chassis type unconfirmed) are due for Chesterfield - either for services 50/50a/50b (Sheffield to Chesterfield via Eckington and Whittington) which is rumoured to be going 'Gold'; or service X17 (Sheffield to Chesterfield and Matlock), for which there are some 'improvements' coming soon. Rumour are that the X17 may be extended from Sheffield City Centre to Meadowhall - given the recent commercial risks made by Yorkshire (the X65 between Barnsley and Meadowhall, the X10 between Barnsley and Leeds and the 54/56 extensions to East Midlands Designer Outlet), that could be reality rather than rumour.

From the same location, it has now been mentioned that 8 Enviro400MMCs to Gold specification are due for Chesterfield in August for the X17, which from July is to be extended from Sheffield to Barnsley via Meadowhall. This extension will replace the weekend-only X65 between Meadowhall and Barnsley.