(21 Jul 2014, 8:51 am)Michael wrote Hopefully!

The majority will be withdrawn anyway (regardless of the outcome of this year's investment) as a result of the loss of scholar contracts in Tyne & Wear from September 2014 - all that is required is for the current B7TLs which are allocated to be transferred to Stanley.

I think Riverside will retain their three until last due to the fact they very rarely allocate their Olympians to normal service work, and they're only ever on driver shuttles and/or the Jewish Scholars contract.

Paired with the investment, I am inclined to suggest there will be more replacement B7TLs in the fleet than Olympians remaining, and it's unlikely they'll remain as additional spares - so scope for other double deckers in the fleet (Lolynes, perhaps) to be withdrawn too...