(04 Jan 2016, 7:10 pm)Michael wrote Well instead of buying Solo's for the North Tyne Links they could of just bought them for the Tynedale Links and just replace the NTL MPD's in future.
You've got to consider the shelf lives of these buses though, Michael. There are a couple at Hexham that are a couple of years younger than the others, which are all 53-reg. At Percy Main; all of those MPDs date from 2003 if memory serves. Their expected lifetime is up, so they're being replaced.