Not sure they'd put them on the 49/49A considering its the only bus not going into the ULEZ. Seems a bit wasteful.

This is complete pie in the sky but what about the X66 extended to Newcastle via the Q1/Q2 giving direct links from the Metro Centre to Newcastle Quayside and Central Station with the B7's on for now until they come so the Streetlites can be moved to wherever their new home is.

Also could explain why Quaycity is branded using the Voltra design rather than the road stripes and also the mock-up for the Voltra was green and orange which everyone at the time just assumed Citylink but the orange could easily have been Intu aswell.

Means you can keep the older Versas which I don't believe have Euro Mods on what was the Orbit and then the X66 Streetlites can do the 57 maybe.