(19 Feb 2022, 8:23 pm)RobinHood wrote I am told tonight, from a reliable source that Arriva have ordered 19 E400 MMC and 14 E200 MMC for delivery by the summer.

These will replace the elderly double deckers at Ashington/Newcastle and the Solos at Newcastle ready for the CAZ.

19x E400MMC? Will they be Voith gearboxes like 7541-52 or now ZF (with stop start now available in ZF like GNE, EY, Transdev examples)?

Well the decker PVRs for Ashington & Jesmond are as follows
- X21/X22 - 15
- X14 - 3
- X15 - 4
- X18 - 5 (6 summer)
- X20 - 4
- 43 - 7
- 44/45 -5