(22 Mar 2013, 12:16 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote What speculation? Its a replacement for 4988, which has been withdrawn but 4944 has been used down Crook lately
There has been no speculation on this website, but on other websites, there has been plenty. As with everything, photo evidence needs to provided before anything is solid.
Indeed it has been used with Crook lately, mainly covering for an "OK Expressway" Scania. I made a note of that and the reason for its allocation from CLS when it first occurred as I was out when it happened, but since then, rumours have been passed around suggesting that that its new home is Crook, and that it could possibly be getting moved (or has already moved) to Gateshead as a result of further Renown displacement.
In reality, no. CLS still. As you said, replacement for 4988 which we made a note of before it moved.