(13 Mar 2019, 9:14 pm)Malarkey wrote x7 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC's for the Castles Express
x11 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC's for the Durham Diamond
x15 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC's for the Red Arrows
x11 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200MMC's for the Connections4

I would agree with the amount of trials the 4 has had in the last few weeks, this route will most likely get new buses, whether 200MMC or Metrocity i'm not sure, although i did have a drive or the Metrocity when Stanley had it and its a much better drive than the current streetlites. With the red arrows not getting refurbed (just internal update), i again think that this will get 400MMCs. But something mentioned on our grapevine at Stanley is the "new depot new buses" theory, so i wouldn't rule out the Red Kite from going all double deck in the form of either 400MMC or Metrodecker. Some might argue that the 45/46/47 doesn't need the capacity, but in my opinion at peak times, loadings would suggest and thinking of those routes with older vehicles 6/35/93/94/97/97A/X30/X31 are GNE willing to spend money on brand new buses when the figures might not add up, or cascade from routes that are making money?.