(14 Jun 2021, 9:15 am)busmanT wrote If there were 75 extra buses operating, and none are need from September (which is a reasonable assumption) then 75 buses plus spares (so 85 in total) should leave the fleet. That's a big reduction (will include loan vehicles of course).
The last allocation list their website (May) has 671 buses, excluding training and withdrawn, so it seems likely that the fleet might drop to below 600 from September.

Go North East may of course also be awarded more Miscellaneous Works contracts this year - results for the contracts commencing in September are normally due by the end of this month - which would result in some of these buses being retained in the fleet.