(08 Dec 2017, 3:09 am)park5354 wrote Put them on Red Kite (10 to replace 5409-18) allowing full B9 allocation on 45/46/47.
5409-18 to Riverside for Green Arrow 97/97A, allowing 4938/40/41/44/47/48 to be withdrawn, 4967/5227/28 to go corporate and 5218 into Loop. 5419 would allow 4949 poppy bus to be withdrawn.
or
put the B9's on Red Kite, alongside 6118-21, to give full B9 allocation
with 5409-19 to Deptford for SeeItDoIt 35.
Whilst this would be a good cascade plan and great for customers; the L94s on Loop, Highwayman and Black Cats are tied down to the areas they operate in at the moment, until 2019, as they were fitted with council-funded SCRT systems.
I think Durham were a little happier for the buses they funded with SCRT systems to be cascaded earlier (i.e. those on Fast Cats X35) as they were being replaced by younger, more reliable buses which were still fuel-efficient and Euro 5.
Had Gateshead and Sunderland been equally as happy, I think we'd have seen cascades long before now.