(14 Oct 2021, 10:57 pm)Acky81 wrote These should of left go north east a while ago

All mercs except those on the connections 4 should have been withdrawn last year. Unfortunately  due to pandemic any proposals for new buses  was cancelled with the exception of the next batch of electric buses. Also with the proposed Newcastle clean air zone (now delayed till next year) any euro 6 emission bus was required for any service entering Newcastle so this meant Sunderland and County Durham areas had to lose out because of uncertainty over the future of bus travel. I would hope people are starting to  travel once more and once income starts to recover we will start once again to see investment in new buses hopefully many of them going to Sunderland and County Durham.