(11 Nov 2021, 11:47 am)Dan wrote I'm not sure they've been dumped on services that don't really need them? The conversion of service 16 from single-deck to double-deck allowed the withdrawal of the scholars 816 service (which has always historically duplicated the 16), allowing a cost saving to be made.

It's also permitting the cascade of 4x Euro 6 double-deck buses to services which need to be Euro 6 (i.e. one board on services 26/50 due to capacity issues on one journey on the latter service, and one board on service 25) and/or provide a more adequate number of spare buses which are Euro 6 and of a high quality for customers.

Aye that's fair but argubly the 25/26/50 wouldn't need the Euro 6 buses if there wasn't emission mods in the first place and could use older buses so the newest buses are better used elsewhere at the same time.

(12 Nov 2021, 11:21 am)ian foster wrote Thanks. The rest of the displaced Streetlights will probably be spares maybe 1 at cl and the rest at riverside to cover services entering Newcastle.

There's enough Versa's around to do the work at Chester Le Street (8307 - 8309 / 8319 - 8328). Imagine they're going to be doing those routes. Apart from the longer 63 plate Versa's can see them all moving out of Riverside as they don't really need them anymore.