(23 Mar 2019, 12:31 am)Malarkey wrote Little prediction here, 681/689 and 690 go to Washington for the Indigo's seeing use on the 85/86 allowing the 701/702/703 to go to Deptford for the 33's.

Washington then get a further to corporate livery Solo SR's from Percy Main to displace 704/705 to Percy Main for the Whitley Bay locals.

709 once it completes it tour of the region for the Rugby then transfers to Chester-Le-Street or Stanley, can't remember which operates the 701/2/3 around Chester again making a corporate Solo SR available to go elsewhere.

It would be a fair old downgrade for the 33, to put lower spec Solos (poorer seats, no Next Stop Announcements) on it from Washington.

It's quite important that this service retains the Next Stop Announcement feature as there's a number of blind bus users in The Docks area that rely on this service.

717 is required at Stanley to be a spare Euro 6 small Solo for the Durham Cathedral contract. It is only allocated to the Chester-le-Street Town Service contract when neither of the two white Solos are VOR. 709 is not Euro 6 therefore would not be suitable.

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