Probably be better to send 1407 down to Durham or Darlington in return for a minibus. Possibly even send the 3 solos with it to Durham in replacement for 4x Enviro 200's. I know I've said it before but the 57/57A is pretty much taking full size buses daily lately. Both 1579/1580 both being on today since there's 2 Solo's and a MPD off the road. It means Durham gets another full size bus rather than having Enviro 200's on the X12 and 56 like they did today.

Heck even go one further and send 1579 and 1580 to Jesmond which in turn sends 7412 to Blyth which sends 1497 to Durham and 1479 from Jesmond to Durham in return for 7454/5/6 since Ashington needs more Deckers and it means everything at Blyth is Max and it's an extra Sapphire spare for Durham.