(16 May 2026, 10:39 pm)Malarkey wrote Stagecoach Bluebird is a Scottish bus company which operates bus services in the areas of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group.

Also known as Stagecoach North Scotland in it's current guise as a subsidiary of Stagecoach.

(16 May 2026, 10:01 pm)Malarkey wrote Potentially a transfer from Stagecoach Bluebird.

(16 May 2026, 9:10 pm)Busesinnewcastle wrote Anyone know why 11774 is at Slatyford?

(17 May 2026, 6:06 am)pbjd wrote It and 11772 are going on loan to Preston to facilitate a service extension somewhere, lunacy when the North East is notoriously short of double deckers.

(17 May 2026, 12:42 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 2 of 6 deckers from across the country going on loan for the latest saga in the Preston Bus Wars pending the release of E400MMCs from Gillmoss once their charging infrastructure is online.

As for shortages of deckers - these are technically freed up by next weekend’s PVR reductions in Newcastle with the end of the BSIP funding for the 1 and 30s. As of next week, Walkergate’s PVR drops by 3 so whatever was due to be displaced by that change will hang on until 11772 and 11774 return.

Likewise Slatyford drops PVR - by 6, meaning less need to replace the 4 Yutongs which went to Rugby in exchange for Stockton retaining 73053-6.

(17 May 2026, 12:56 pm)Busesinnewcastle wrote So is 11772 and 11774 staying with Slatyford until they go elsewhere or not?

(17 May 2026, 1:02 pm)Kuyoyo wrote They are being collected by Cumbria this afternoon

(17 May 2026, 1:16 pm)Busesinnewcastle wrote Ahhh right. So what’s being left in return anything or nothing?

(17 May 2026, 1:22 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Nothing - they are going on-loan. They will return after a few months in Preston.

(17 May 2026, 12:42 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 2 of 6 deckers from across the country going on loan for the latest saga in the Presto Bus Wars pending the release of E400MMCs from Gillmoss once their charging infrastructure is online.

As for shortages of deckers - these are technically freed up by next weekend’s PVR reductions in Newcastle with the end of the BSIP funding for the 1 and 30s. As of next week, Walkergate’s PVR drops by 3 so whatever was due to be displaced by that change will hang on until 11772 and 11774 return.

Likewise Slatyford drops PVR - by 6, meaning less need to replace the 4 Yutongs which went to Rugby in exchange for Stockton retaining 73053-6.

(18 May 2026, 5:52 am)TransitObserver wrote From my understanding mate as a driver at Slatyford we should still be getting our allocated 18 Yutongs. We currently have 11 due to 73121 moving over from Sunderland.

(18 May 2026, 7:02 am)Busesinnewcastle wrote Do you know when the rest will be coming over?

(20 May 2026, 1:52 am)Glen1974 wrote Why is it's norn of stockton new buses painted in new livery yet?

(19 May 2026, 11:27 pm)TransitObserver wrote 19386 will never return to Newcastle it is a permanent transfer to Sunderland due to issues with the CAZ
19385 is on a 4 week loan to Walkergate but could become permanent.
10645 was working out of Walkergate today not sure how long that will be for.
It is believed once the remaining Yutongs come back to Slatyford the 61 plate E200’s 36468-36477 will be either withdrawn or sent elsewhere.
24109 is the last remaining MAN E300 at Slatyford but living on borrowed time and will probably be withdrawn very soon.

(21 May 2026, 6:12 pm)BusEnthusiast.com wrote I really wish they’d send the 373**s icl.Theyre probably in a worse shape than the actual older counterparts.However oh well thank you for sharing this information.Also in that case will the yutongs go onto other routes other than the 30,31,36 or will they find a way to allocate other buses onto the routes that use the e200s?

(22 May 2026, 1:36 pm)TransitObserver wrote You may find a Yutong on other routes eventually but at the moment no they haven’t trained drivers on them other than the ones that do the 30/31/36. Once they do then Yutongs will probably appear on other routes. Once the other 8 or however many come that’ll free up the E200MMC’s that get used on the 30/31/36 to be used on other routes. 

I agree the 373**’s aren’t great but I do think they’re better than the 364**’s. The 364**’s are Euro 4 engined with Euro 6 exhausts so they should have left a long time ago. 36470 & 36476 can’t go into the city centre and 36471 won’t be able to as well from 29th May. The 373**’s are Euro 5 I believe with Euro 6 exhausts exactly the same as the 272**’s we had from Stockton but yet we couldn’t keep them. Stagecoach just don’t make sense.

(22 May 2026, 2:24 pm)F114TML wrote The 272s haven't been modded to euro 6 I think.

(Yesterday, 12:32 pm)Busesinnewcastle wrote Anyone know where 26279 is. Not been out in ages?

(Yesterday, 6:44 am)TransitObserver wrote Interesting. They do still say no charge on the drive in a clean air zone website. They were lovely buses, some of the nicest buses I’ve ever driven. It’s the 364**’s I’m surprised about that are still here being Euro 4 engine with the upgraded exhaust. Should have gone a long time ago.