I see 80295 has back hull now so that stockton depot going to remain one decker now? Well stagecoach stockton depot get more or stick one decker for now.

27728 and 27821 are currently on loan to Stockton purely for routelearning

(12 Aug 2026, 9:15 am)Teessider2014 wrote 27728 and 27821 are currently on loan to Stockton purely for routelearning

Wondered why I just saw 27821 going up Linthorpe Road!

27728,27821 on long is buses on loan for stockton depot?

Just passed 73057 under tow heading south on the A1(M) near Harrogate.

(13 Aug 2026, 12:23 pm)stagecoachfan wrote Just passed 73057 under tow heading south on the A1(M) near Harrogate.

going to pelican to get a new battery

(12 Aug 2026, 10:13 pm)Glen1974 wrote 27728,27821 on long is buses on loan for stockton depot?

Until the full depot has been route learned

Thank mate

(13 Aug 2026, 2:50 pm)bob22222 wrote going to pelican to get a new battery

New battery already?

(14 Aug 2026, 5:51 am)TransitObserver wrote New battery already?

yea past few weeks its been chucking up a battery malfunction light on the dash board hence why its been ran off so many times last week

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...s-34479251

This makes no sense to me. They’re wanting to improve emissions around Corner House/Cradlewell on the Coast Road so they’re getting 18 new EV’s for the 307/309 to improve it but if you think about it it’s a stupid decision.

What about the 58/60 plates on the Stagecoach 37/38?

What about the 58/61 plates on the Arriva 306/308?

They’re replacing 63 plates on 307/309 so they’re replacing newer older buses instead of the much older ones. At least make it make sense if you’re going to waste more money

Yeah the fleet on the 37/38 is getting older year by year, not just because the buses are aging, but newer buses are being replaced with older ones. Walkergate lost the 11 plate Hybrids, 65 plate Enviro 300s and 16 plate Enviro 400's, and now loads of 58 plates on there. Don't think Stagecoach would get electric buses for those routes though, maybe they would at Slatyford to replace the 16 plates there and those would come across to Walkergate

(23 Aug 2026, 1:14 am)Arriva7446 wrote Yeah the fleet on the 37/38 is getting older year by year, not just because the buses are aging, but newer buses are being replaced with older ones. Walkergate lost the 11 plate Hybrids, 65 plate Enviro 300s and 16 plate Enviro 400's, and now loads of 58 plates on there. Don't think Stagecoach would get electric buses for those routes though, maybe they would at Slatyford to replace the 16 plates there and those would come across to Walkergate

The majority of the 37/38 are usually MMCs yes there a few E300s and E400s but these aren’t used on evenings or Sundays.

(23 Aug 2026, 1:14 am)Arriva7446 wrote Yeah the fleet on the 37/38 is getting older year by year, not just because the buses are aging, but newer buses are being replaced with older ones. Walkergate lost the 11 plate Hybrids, 65 plate Enviro 300s and 16 plate Enviro 400's, and now loads of 58 plates on there. Don't think Stagecoach would get electric buses for those routes though, maybe they would at Slatyford to replace the 16 plates there and those would come across to Walkergate

I don't know whether it's Stagecoach refusing funding but imo the Walkergate routes should be top priority. 

The fact that West Road, objectively the busiest corridor in the North East doesn't have a single electric bus while it feels like every bus on the Great North Road is, is just ridiculous imo. 

The 37/38/39/40/62/63 are the sort of routes which are prime for them, high frequent routes which are fully in urban areas which trundle along at 5 mph most the day.