(08 Feb 2023, 12:04 pm)tcts24 wrote There was talk a while back of Hartlepool getting some 220XX's. The problem being the 39XXX MAN's, at 11.5 metres long barely fit over the pits so they can't have anything full size there as they simply don't fit in engineering. Now they've ran out of the 360XX batch, Hartlepool looks set to receive more Darts to replace the remaining MAN's when the MOT runs out on them. The MAN's are generally better buses but being German, the parts cost more than double what they do for Dart's. Hence the current programme of withdrawl on MOT expiry and that the last 5 to go are still on site as parts donors.Problem is where any further Darts are to come from, Stagecoach South has just sold the bulk to a scrap dealer. Even if those at Shields are to move down, something has to replace them, as they too are earmarked for MANviro elimination... Then there's those at Sunderland to eliminate...
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