(18 Sep 2016, 5:42 pm)mb134 wrote Can't tell whether or not this is sarcastic. If not, 6 or 7 for Ashington doesn't make an awful lot of sense to me, 8 or 9 meanwhile would surely mean the end of 7501-9 on the X21/22.

I guess 6 or 7 for Ashington could replace the 4 used on the X15, and the other 3 could be new for the 35 to accompany Streetlites.

I've now had someone else (more reliable than the other I got the 6/7 new buses thing from) that there's 12 new E400MMCs coming, and that 57 reg Sapphires are going to Jesmond. 

What I've been thinking is that 7501-9 is being replaced by 9 new E400MMCs, and 3 are going onto 35. 7501-9 would replace 4516-23 at Jesmond, potentially putting up competition on the Killingworth corridor with Stagecoach.

I've also been told that 4653 and 4659 are moving onto the X20, which might be the service going every 30 minutes between Ashington and Newcastle?