(17 Feb 2020, 4:15 pm)JP6004 wrote Are all omnis getting done or the ones just in corp? Didnt think Washington ones would be done as 99% of the time on services that do not enter Newcastle...
These are the only OmniCitys planned to be converted to Euro 6 for the time being. The OmniCitys are now 13 years old, and the funding allocated means that these buses will have to stay in the fleet for another three years (approx) based on vehicle mileage, remaining on the same route unless they're replaced with newer vehicles of the same Euro 6 emission standard.
As has been mentioned previously, with the current rate of investment, it's likely a large number of Scania OmniCity, and indeed a handful of Citaro, will be withdrawn this year.
This one is a joint initiative between Go North East and South Tyneside Council. It's important that operators don't completely forget about other operating areas besides Newcastle, just because they aren't going to have a clean air zone (for the time being).