(22 Jan 2022, 3:25 am)L469 YVK wrote If a substantial vehicle order is in the pipeline........

Deckers:
- X15/X18 - OM936 StreetDeck or E400MMC (ZF)
- X93/X94 - OM936 StreetDeck
- X21/X22 - E400MMC (ZF) or OM934 StreetDeck

Cascades:
- 7401-04 - X20

- 7405-06 - NE Float Spares(?) *note 7405 could form X14 PVR

- 7522, 7524-28, 7529-33, 7553 - 43/44/45 * note 7522 would form 306/308 PVR if reduced to 13x with 7554 forming the 43/44/45 PVR

- 7541-52 (opt 1) - 308 with 2x spare either at Blyth or staying at Ashington

- 7541-52 (opt 2) - 306/308 if 306 pulled out of Battle Hill and Tynemouth - W.Bay axed. Freq every 20 mins each and interworking with the 13th vehicle (the PVR) being a classic E400

- 7554-56 (opt 1) - X14

- 7555-56 (opt 2 with 7405 or 06) - X14

- 7628-37 & 57 reg E400s - Replace older ALX400s and Geminis

Could mix it up and buy buses for some different routes aswell. The X7-X11 are ignored on here and are more profitable than the X14.

They're due new buses pretty much:

Scania N113 - 1996
Gemini 7601 - 7615 - 2009
New Buses - 2022

There's also the issue that the Pulsars need to leave Blyth so they need new Deckers since there's no space so why not upgrade the X7/X8/X9 for a change and try and grow a route rather than buying buses over and over again for the X21/22, get arid of all the MAX Pulsars (leaving the non MAX 9 for the 1/2) to replace stuff elsewhere. 7601 -> 7608, 7611/7612 could then go to Durham for the X46 and other routes. Remember Durham had one on loan for absolutely no real reason recently which could possibly have been route testing.

Would leave 7616 -> 7625 for the X10/X11 and 7628 -> 7637 for the 308 who still have a couple years left being 61 plates so in theory are due 2024 with 7613/7614/7615 as spares.

Ashington need new buses for the X15/X18 and that's it and I've already said about the X93/X94 which needs nothing. Well and the 57/57A.