(26 Aug 2013, 2:23 pm)dans_bus_photos wrote How is it happening with the omnicities? are 5260/5273 getting painted blue so the coasters have the same numbers? and 5251/2 going cobalt clipper??
Various stories are circulating in regards to how the Omnis will be numbered because of the issues with one or two of them.
Look at 3964 - it is essentially being used as a "cash cow". I could be wrong, but unless its engine issues have not been sorted, it is terribly unreliable and can't last a full day out in service. In the event of it being utilised on the "Tyne Tees Xpress" X9/X10, it has had a tendency of being removed after one run.
That said, providing original plans are to go ahead and those vehicles that need to stay local are fixed properly instead of the shoddy job usually done, the fleet should be as follows:
5243-46: Cobalt Connect
5247-50: Northern
5251-60: Cobalt Clipper
5261-74: New Coaster
5250 is repainted from "Cobalt Clipper" to "Northern".
5251/2 are repainted from "Coaster" to "Cobalt Clipper".
5261 is repainted from red to "Coaster" and transferred from Stanley to Percy Main.
5273/4 are repainted from "Northern" to "Coaster".