(08 Feb 2022, 11:43 pm)Benny wrote I haven't seen a packed single decker on Teesside in a while, certainly not going to bring deckers for a couple school runs that have always been busy. Plus there is no investment to allow for deckers to be spare.

Hydro bus currently parked up in depot. Looks more like a midi bus than a single decker so I could potentially see Hartlepool receiving some if the trial is successful.

(09 Feb 2022, 6:28 pm)54APhotography wrote If indeed Newcastle take the E200MMC , Stockton will be boxing clever with capital expenditure replacements in due course.

(10 Feb 2022, 2:24 am)Youngymmv wrote The e200 MMCs are being swapped with alx300s from Newcastle due to the impending CAZ

(11 Feb 2022, 6:00 pm)Dyllan7817 wrote our mmcs aren't going anywhere Newcastle's alxs are being swapped with our Enviro 300s 27157-27181

(11 Feb 2022, 6:00 pm)Dyllan7817 wrote our mmcs aren't going anywhere Newcastle's alxs are being swapped with our Enviro 300s 27157-27181

(12 Feb 2022, 6:40 pm)Train8261 wrote So more terrible buses for Newcastle

(12 Feb 2022, 9:22 pm)col87 wrote You have nothing to complain about. A load of new buses even some of the older ones look decent. Meanwhile Hartlepool have buses that are literally falling to bits and the engineers are working hard to actually keep them on the road.

(11 Feb 2022, 6:00 pm)Dyllan7817 wrote our mmcs aren't going anywhere Newcastle's alxs are being swapped with our Enviro 300s 27157-27181

(16 Feb 2022, 6:02 pm)Stageoachtees wrote I was once on one of Hartlepools e200 locals and the livery was awful it was coming off bus stop buttons dont work and was really thin as im used to my e300s and the seats were a mess and was really loud

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So stockton might get alxs or are they getting scrapped?

(09 Feb 2022, 1:03 pm)tcts24 wrote In about 15 years time when they're knackered.

(10 Feb 2022, 2:24 am)Youngymmv wrote The e200 MMCs are being swapped with alx300s from Newcastle due to the impending CAZ

(15 Apr 2023, 7:33 pm)Mr Alx300 22062 NK54 BFF wrote They can’t, Ben Houchen is standing in the way

(15 Apr 2023, 7:38 pm)Unber43 wrote What can he do?

(15 Apr 2023, 9:58 am)AlexRPlays wrote Yeah when our shitboxes eventually get withdrawn. I heard rumors that the 39s are getting withdrawn late this year and we are meant to get 24s and 22s.

(15 Apr 2023, 7:48 pm)Kuyoyo wrote The Tees Valley Combined Authority have an agreement with both Stagecoach and Arriva that 20% of their combined PVR within the Tees Valley is operated by vehicles which meet the Euro6 emission standard - hence the upgrading and cascading of the E300s rather than the E200MMCs. (Partly off topic but Arriva's share of that agreement is covered by the MAX Pulsars converted for use on the X12).

(15 Apr 2023, 9:58 am)AlexRPlays wrote Yeah when our shitboxes eventually get withdrawn. I heard rumors that the 39s are getting withdrawn late this year and we are meant to get 24s and 22s.

(17 Apr 2023, 11:52 am)col87 wrote 39663 and 39668 are surviving for another year at least but looks like 39667 and 39670 have been withdrawn both parked up in depot with 667 front facing onto Brenda Road. Of course it means nothing as both are still Intact  so could simply be they just not been used today but where they currently parked  does seem to be where the withdrawn buses are put.  I think Hartlepool at the very least does need 3 more permanent buses bringing in from somewhere.

(17 Apr 2023, 4:29 pm)Mr Alx300 22062 NK54 BFF wrote Could do with sending 27175/6/7/8 up to replace them knackered 39s?

(17 Apr 2023, 4:53 pm)tcts24 wrote Those MANs are no more knackered than the ADLs. One of the many reasons I left was that they keep replacing the MAN's with buses that are actually worse to work with.

(17 Apr 2023, 6:18 pm)Unber43 wrote What is the length of 36092 - NK59 BNV

(17 Apr 2023, 4:29 pm)Mr Alx300 22062 NK54 BFF wrote Could do with sending 27175/6/7/8 up to replace them knackered 39s?

(17 Apr 2023, 4:29 pm)Mr Alx300 22062 NK54 BFF wrote Could do with sending 27175/6/7/8 up to replace them knackered 39s?

(18 Apr 2023, 3:35 pm)Kuyoyo wrote And yet there’s a reason why 27805/12 have entered service at Stockton to replace the remaining 220xx MANs rather than Hartlepool to replace the 39xxx……..

(18 Apr 2023, 3:30 pm)Lollist wrote Yeah we dont need em horrible e300s

(18 Apr 2023, 8:30 pm)col87 wrote Am sad to see the Alexander man 220xxs go but since some are 19 - 20 years old and been trundling around an area covering Hartlepool to Hemlington on any giving day it’s understandable why they the priority.  While the Manviros I think the worse have been took out of service and 39663 and 39668 and probably one of 39658 or 39660 could probably still do a few more years in service yet as other than the 1 they only covering a small area but I do expect something most like more cascades will eventually come in to replace them within the next 2 years as 39605 really only has a year or 2 left in service as well.

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What would you suggest Stagecoach bring in to Hartlepool then but the Manviro 200 are going to have to go at at some point and the ADL enviro 200 have hardly been successful so what do you suggest ?