If South Tyne buses do get upgrade they could get volvo 7900h from Lothian Buses.
For Crusader could/hope to get Scania Omnicity Double Decker from Brighton and Hove and rename the route to Toonlink/merge together created better value connections to Metrocentre.
The move citraos to 93/94, or to 1 (swap citraos for Omnicity) 88/88A, or 97/96.
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