(24 Dec 2020, 3:54 pm)Andreos1 wrote Or whichever insider told us they couldn't be upgraded, was talking tosh.
We kept hearing how they couldn't be upgraded and if they stayed would have to be farmed off to non-Newcastle routes.
Yet when the move to Manchester was rumoured, I'm not sure the larger GMC emission zone was ever mentioned.
If GNW (and their smaller budget/revenue base) are prepared to contribute towards an emissions upgrade, I'd have thought GNE could have afforded to do so.
I believe they (either Dan or MG, I can't remember) said that they couldn't be upgraded to Euro 6 using their preferred system (or something to that effect anyway), and that combined with other factors such as the high fuel consumption and expensive maintenance meant it wasn't worth the hassle of keeping them