RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2015
(04 Aug 2015, 8:12 am)Acky81 wrote Thought them deckers at shields came from Dundee not Yorkshire traction. Have the transfers from shields to Sunderland took place yet
(04 Aug 2015, 8:19 am)S813 FVK wrote They were transferred to Yorkshire for the Tram replacement service in Sheffield. By the time they were finished with them, the new E400MMCs for service 73 had entered service so they just transferred them straight to the north east (i think!)
19641-7 moved from Dundee to Sheffield along with their sisters (bar 19653/6 which had moved prior to that) when the Volvo B5LH/Enviro400MMCs entered service on the Tayway in early June to cover the Tram Replacement work allowing the loaned vehicles to return home (ie Walkergate to get 19670 back). Naturally, they have become surplus to requirments in Sheffield (despite the length of the replacement route presently operating) along with sisters 19648-53 and have been released to their new homes (for the benefit of people's records - 19648-53 have gone to South East at Eastbourne).
As yet, apart from 35190-5 moving to Slatyford, no other moves have taken place from South Shields (and as such, Slatyford and Sunderland).