(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.
There was either rumours or suggestions to send 1574-1578 from Belmont and 1579-1581 from Ashington to Stockton depot as Cadet replacements, mind there is then the question as to what you'd put on the 23 and 35 in its place?
In regards to the 57 reg Lowlanders at Belmont, I believe that the 43 interworks with scholars services in Durham so some of the 43 boards need to be double deckers. The 56 (and 57/57A/86) doesn't tend to be allocated double deckers anymore since the 57A runs that started/terminated at Durham Johnston School were withdrawn. 64 has at least one double decker allocated to it during the week due to there being a run or two on one board that needs a double decker due to high loadings.