(23 Feb 2020, 2:23 am)V514DFT wrote A numberplate on a bus means nothing to bus companies, anything can happen, eg, GNE swapped 16 plates for 10/11/61 plates on the 40/41/42/42A

I don’t think this is a particularly common thing!

With the introduction of Xlines, seven high specification Solo were required to operate the X6/X7 and X20 services. Naturally they had to come from one batch of indiGo services, be it Peterlee, Washington or North Tyneside, and the one already operating with a mixed Solo fleet (four older examples without the enhanced spec) was the North Tyneside group. Doing this also enabled fleet standardisation, with all of the two types of Solo (minus 697) grouped together.

That said I do think Stagecoach will keep the Teesside E200MMCs in the back of their mind. Their preference will be to obtain council funding to retrofit buses with SCRTs though.


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