(02 Aug 2020, 11:12 pm)L469 YVK wrote Funnily enough, Arriva ordered StreetDecks for the 110 in Yorkshire. Wouldn't surprise me in the future IF they order that the Blyth routes would get these but perhaps not.

Will be interesting to see of Arriva will go back to ZF gearboxes if they order new E400MMCs with stop-start now available for ZF.

Aye that was a surprising one - I can't quite remember but was that one of the routes they trialled the demo on? Mind it wouldn't shock me if they only got them because they got a reasonably good deal from Wright's at the time when they were desperate for cash. 

To be honest I've never minded Alexander bodied stuff, and while I preferred the Gemini 1/2 to the ALX400 (though not by much), I find the original E400 about on par to the Gem 2 and both the E400 classic and MMC streets ahead of the Gem3/Streetdeck. The Eclipse Pulsar/Solar/Urban line of single deck bodies surpassed any single deck Alexander body for me though.