(28 Feb 2013, 6:34 pm)Rob wrote The question is why were the Pulse B10 examples never refurbished? Would it be wise to replace Euro 3 B10 examples with older Euro 2 examples?

As much as I'd like to see their withdrawal which your post seems to hint at, I don't think it's happening... I mean, Go North East have withdrawn a great deal of vehicles lately and many depots are already struggling. I agree that the Pulse Renowns weren't ever refurbished on the basis that they'd soon be withdrawn, but surely their time hasn't yet arrived?
Without those 80 new vehicles in the fleet, we can't afford to continuously withdraw vehicles.