(24 Mar 2015, 10:07 pm)cbma06 wrote no wonder 2809 was on the 23 today.

Will the 22 (streelites) and 24 (pulsars) be branded for that particular service?, sick of seeing captains tail branded 6 on service 24 regularly.

So the deckers for service 7 will be put into service before 12th April?

So where are the pulsars from service 22 and 24 going to?

Yes the E400s should go out onto the 7 as soon as they're all here and ready for service as it is intended to transfer some Pulsars to service 24 which is expected to be launched mid April. The 24 will of course require an extra Pulsar to be refurbished, which at present there is no sign of! However there will be 2 E400s spare so it could be possible that these will be urilised on service 24 in the interim period.

The 22 and 24 buses should be branded separately as the intention is to use the Streetlites on service 22 and Pulsars on 24. The Pulsars for service 6 will be refurbished ready for launch in the autumn but as yet none have been released by North West to us, there is no rush however.

Displaced buses from Durham were programmed to cascade to Redcar & Stockton in order to start the withdrawal of non-DDA stock (namely B10BLEs and Cadets)... The Temsa Avenues that have been purchased should allow the withdrawal of the Volvos from Redcar which should enable the cascaded Pulsars from Durham to transfer entirely to Stockton to accelerate withdrawals here instead. 1902 is the first Cadet to be withdrawn as a result of Solos arriving. Two more Solos are awaited from Darlington which should enable the withdrawal of 1753 and 1904. 1903 will be kept to cover the increased PVR requirement as a result of taking on the Leven Valley work (as the extra 6s clash with the peak X12s, service changes in May will remove this conflict as described previously)