(23 Jul 2017, 2:50 pm)peter wrote Ah yes! I'd forgotten about 1512!! Perhaps then only the 12 mentioned above will transfer across!
I wonder if it will only be double-deckers withdrawn or whether 4516-8/20-21/23 will go instead (4519 has now been withdrawn hence why I haven't included it). They could potentially withdraw the vast majority of the remaining ALX400s, excluding the couple at Blyth.
On the topic of the 52/3/4. Is anything happening with regard to the new allocation of Streetlites? There are currently 9 in service at Jesmond yet the PVR of the services is 11. Perhaps it would make sense to transfer the two on the 35 to provide a full allocation - I believe at one point they were going to go MAX but with the new livery etc I doubt that'll be happening now! Similarly it would have been nice to see the X21 and X22 to Peterlee go MAX and then they could have finished the programme there.
As far as I understand only the DAF ALX400's and MPD's are on the hit list this year, meaning the Volvo's will have to wait til next year. It's likely that the Cadets at Stockton will go next year too.