(08 Apr 2023, 6:57 am)Jimmi wrote I would like to see some new deckers at Durham County but I can't see it any time soon, think best we can hope for is yet more cascades from Northumbria.

To some extents, a decker order may be better for the Blyth to Newcastle routes and the like as they'd likely be used all day, every day whilst Durham County (subject to allocations on the day) generally don't put deckers out on an evening or on Sundays, certainly Darlington at least, X93/X94 is about the only decker service that does. I also question more and more if Belmont services really need as many deckers as they do and wonder if most journeys on the likes of the X46 could cope with Pulsar's, naturally still need deckers for the morning peak from Stanhope to Framwellgate Moor (X46 may be a case of being like the Langley Park 20's and X5/X15 where it has light loadings off peak but gets rammed with schools/peak traffic?)

Not think you's will get some ex London stock soon instead? There's going to be a lot of DB300's in particular going free and I'm not sure who'll want them as Arriva are the only people who really bought them on mass. 

Diesel buses are pretty much banned nowadays from new contracts down there give or take. 

Can't see anything coming from up here unless it's the 57 plate Enviros but not sure that's really much of an improvement tbh. Also can't see any orders for the Blyth Expresses the B&T railway could really cripple some routes if they don't do something to build trust as it's rock bottom around here lately.

I'm not sure there's need for 8 buses an hour from Blyth to Cramlington even if there was only a 15% reduction to say train - it's enough to be double to single tbh.

Or 14 buses from Cramlington to Newcastle mostly Deckers if there's few passengers coming from the Blyth end.