(10 Jun 2020, 1:10 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Details are now emerging on delivery dates for the latest Trent Barton E200MMCs thanks to The Derby Bus Depot

The first batch due are the 11 bound for the 'Kinchbus' fleet to replace the Citaros on 'Skylink Derby' - these are due in the next few weeks and will enter service gradually. The Citaros will then go in the opposite direction to ADL for resale - a number are understood to have already been sold to Ipswich Buses.
The second batch will be 16 for 'rainbow 1' replacing 6 year old Optare Versa V1170s (the only examples of that length in the fleet) which will be redeployed within the Trent Barton fleet with rumours of 'the sixes' mentioned.

Reports suggest that some of the remaining 25 due in 2021 will be for Sutton depot for 'the threes' replacing what will be by then 9 year Optare Versas.

Further details

The 11 for Kinchbus for 'Skylink Derby' mostly started entering service at the start of August - they are:
146 YX20 OHA
147 YX20 OHB
148 YX20 OHC
149 YX20 OHD
150 YX20 OHE
151 YX20 OHF
152 YX20 OHG
153 YX20 OHH
154 YX20 OHJ
155 YX20 OHK
156 YX20 OHL
157 YX20 OHN
Registrations of some are TBC

The RainbowOne examples are due to enter service this week - replacing Versas 836-51 for repaint and minor refurbishment to replace Scanias on 'The Sixes' (Derby-Belpar-Bakewell or Ripley).

The 2021 order of E200MMCs for 'the threes' has been cancelled due to the current pandemic.