(19 May 2014, 7:37 am)Michael wrote Thanks for the info.

Have a feeling all 23 will be here in 2 weeks, if we get around 6 a time and they are delivered every few days.

(Not even 9am, so my maths maybe rubbish)

The usual procedure is to send batches of two vehicles every day, Monday to Friday.
Providing they're all manufactured and start arriving from this week (as scheduled), we can expect they'll therefore arrive within three weeks.

Given that it takes just over three hours to get from Falkirk to Sunderland by car, we can expect that it will take three and a half hours for buses. Add a 30 minute break at a service station, and you're up to four hours.

I know most deliveries for Go North East (from Optare and Wrights) departed at around 8am, so I'd expect ADL to work at a similar time - although there are exceptions to this, I remember Optare delivering rather late at night with a Solo, and indeed I think I recall aureolin noting one of the new E200s being delivered last time after dark too.

I'll check the depot before and after school - equipped with my camera, of course.