(01 Dec 2016, 1:30 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote Ive always wondered they purchased them 3 Streetlites in the first place, But then again if they were to be moved id say the best place for them is Jesmond, Due to them having a lot of them already in the same spec, But Jesmond don't seem to be displacing any deckers soon.
Or they could be swapped with Belmont's outgoing 57 reg Lowlanders, As the remaining ones seem to trundling on the likes of the 43 or 56 ( the latter certainly doesn't need that much capcity )
That could give Ashington a full double deck allocation for the 35 for the short term until longer term deckers can be found.
Yep, 3 always did seem like a strange amount. But then, historically, the 35 has never had a full 'new' allocation. It received 2 new Centro's in 2007/8, then 4 Pulsars in 2011. All of those vehicles moved to other depots quickly afterwards, and the 35 continued with B10BLEs and aging ex-London double deckers.
I think, with the 35, you either keep the frequency at every 15 minutes, using a mixed allocation, or move it to every 20 with double deckers.