(26 Mar 2022, 7:30 pm)peter wrote Given the need for spares and summer increases I imagine the X14 is more likely to be worked by classic E400 and presumably some older examples will be retained for the 35 replacing 7411/45/46/84/86. At the very least Jesmond need three deckers to replace 7412/15/91, which leaves 11 left over.  Belmont still has 5 Gemini's which will presumably be replaced. Perhaps the remaining six will be used to replace single decks that can in turn replace excess Solo's. The 12 E200's are rumoured for Jesmond (new Newcastle depot) for the Solo operated services.

Working it out, there'd still be 3x 14/64/15 reg classic E400 spare if 12x were allocated to the 43/44/45. Obviously the quieter X14 boards in the summer could be worked by something else.

If 7514-17 & 7510 (non standard) aren't leaving Northumbria, they'd make good use on the 35.

Ideally, some more investment next year to replace 7401-06 and with a Euro 6 conversion, they could provide a hell of a lot of flexibility between Ashington, Redcar and Whitby for spares & PVR increases.

If Blyth (that's depending on orders) presumably stuck with WrightBus like the DB300s and ended up with OM934 StreetDecks, would make sense to tag 6x OM936 StreetDecks on top of that order for the X93/X94

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(26 Mar 2022, 8:38 pm)Unber43 wrote If they are Euro 6, GNE should pick like 5-10 of them up. 

For Deptford, Consett. And maybe some for Washington

Why would GNE want or need DB300's?

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Has there been any information regarding the spec of the new E400MMCs? I've said this before but will be very interesting to see if they stick with Voith or revert back to ZF with S/S available.

Will the interior spec be Sapphire?