(03 Jan 2016, 12:00 pm)Dan wrote 10 Dart SLF to cover a PVR of 9 on service 1. Hartlepool also have 34550 as a reserve vehicle.

It would make more sense from an engineering point of view to replace the Dart SLFs on this route with more Enviro 200 bodied MANs, cascaded from another depot. Walkergate have 6, Slatyford have 10, South Shields have 1, and Sunderland have 10, so you'd have to decide between upgrading Sunderland's 8 and 18/19 services or Slatyford's 6/7/8. Michael and I are bias, so we'd suggest Sunderland's 8 and 18/19.