(02 Dec 2022, 6:36 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote South Shieldshopefully with the new deliveries whenever they turn up it will solve a few problems,
if it was down to me i would grab the 24 -2015 gold service Scania's from Preston. sending them to walkergate using the first 4 to oust 2 of the single Deckers and have 2 as spare to prevent E200s getting used on high-capacity services.
the next 20 i would use to cascade 10 double decks each to Newcastle and Sunderland. those 10 at each depot in my plan would then oust 5 E200s and 4 single decks to other depots. obviously, this plan would rely on reliability of vehicles to work but would mean that Newcastle has 3 more spare double decks and Sunderland 1 more.
meaning until brand new double decks you are relying on a bigger number of spare vehicles to get you through but have increased capacity on a good number of routes across 2 cities.
until details of the Newcastle delivery come in for definite I would speculate on a minimum of 25 vehicles, hopefully the majority of which will head to slatyford to use for the 62/63 services which routinely end up with 300/200 vehicles which can barely cope with the number of passengers, especially as the 62 is now extended down to throckley which is now the longest route (I believe) by a significant margin further exacerbating capacity and route punctuality