(23 May 2022, 6:25 pm)peter wrote Yeah I can see 1493/1501-5 going to Durham. That's true actually tbf looking at fleet's I'd say Blyth is more deserving than Ashington for some of those new MMC's, apart from a handful to make the X21/22 fully MMC.

I'd strongly argue the opposite. 

The X14, X15, X18, and X20 are all very punishing buses and 6 of the current vehicles (7511/2/4-7) for those routes are older than any Blyth bus. You then have 2014/15 E400s to make up the rest, all of which have been on express work since new. In comparison, the Blyth VDLs have been on considerably less punishing work for their entire lives. Not saying that Blyth don't need new stock, they very much do, but the VDLs have at least another couple of years in them while the 57/09-plate E400s are shot and the 64/15-plates aren't as reliable as they once were.