(11 Nov 2016, 10:11 am)Michael wrote Seem to be taking ages, i know they want to do it right and that but do they only paint 1 bus at a time? haha
Hopefully rest of the Solo's from Thames Travel arrive soon too, even more painting for SM!
Yes - the team of painters at Saltmeadows Road can only paint one bus at a time. Several can be prepared for repaint at any one time depending on other work which needs to be done - 699 is visible in the photograph below having been sanded down prior to repaint. I would imagine repainting 699 and 700 will be treated as a low priority as it is more urgent to get 6143, 6145 and 6146 in service (due to the non-DDA double-decks they will replace needing to be out of service by 31st December 2016).
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Go North East: 0556 / NK53TKU by Daniel Graham, on FlickrI believe the four remaining Solo SRs (691 - 694) are due to be delivered to Go North East next week, and again, these are likely to be treated as a greater priority than 699 and 700.