(10 Oct 2013, 12:51 pm)mattdw92 wrote They wouldn't withdraw all of them. Just the non-DDA ones.
Sunderland has 42 MAN ALX300's (34 of which are non-DDA) and 1 Dart ALX200 (non-DDA 33101). There are also reserve vehicles non-DDA 33484 and 33829. Not 62...
Sunderland actually have 45 ALX300s, 12 of which are DDA compliant (22072-82) whilst the other 33 are non-DDA compliant.
33101 is the only ALX200 to remain out on frontline allocation rather than to play a reserve role (as is the case with ALX200s 33484 and 33829), and these are all non-DDA compliant.
From this, we know that there are 36 non-DDA compliant vehicles within the Sunderland fleet that Stagecoach will want to get rid of - presumably to sell, but could well end up replacing something older at other depots too.
We also know that there are 40 brand new eco-friendly buses to enter the fleet over the next few weeks/months.
I assume the four vehicles that will also transfer as part of this order will be 35187-90, leaving 19 Pointer 2 Darts in the fleet.
There are 21 ADL E200s that have already started arriving, and this quite easily removes those Pointer 2 Darts from the fleet.