(10 Apr 2023, 8:52 pm)toward6931 wrote to be honest i meant it as more of an example, like when the 08 ex Scottish E300s landed at slatyford.
i personally would have used the new vehicle orders, like the ones that are going to stagecoach south to upgrade the chichester fleet, i would have used the ex Manchester 2008 examples of E400s cascade either from this years delivery or the electrics going to Stockport to send them to Northampton and stagecoach south to either oust ALX400s or to upgrade the single deck routes. same for torquay (south west) again to oust ALX 400s.
the newer vehicles instead coming to areas like the north east which have a high passenger and profit margin, as personally i think 11 new vehicles for walkergate is a pitiful amount
Aye can't disagree to be fair with you.
Guessing it depends whether they see a long time future there though. There's loads of MMC's coming spare soon including about 20 MMC's at Oxford in the same batch as the 16 plates at Walkergate / Slatyford. They could easily come up here and displace the Hybrids which there's talk of them going to Sunderland (rumours ofc) which in turn will see of the Gas Buses and E300's out of Sunderland to displace the ALX300's and Darts.
Maybe they might see a chance of getting electrics here in the future instead and don't want to invest in Diesel buses for Newcastle possibly? I know some of their Teesside routes are on the list for the Hydrogen routes but it's all gone a bit quiet that.