(27 Mar 2022, 12:13 pm)busmanT wrote Looking at the successful bids they all seem to be based around the conversion of a significant part of a single town network to zero emission buses - Blackpool, Oxford, Rotherham, Bradford, Harrogate etc. - whereas the North East bid (I don't think that governance is an issue is this case) was about bits converted to electric here, there and almost everywhere. 

Previous funding has enabled Go North East to get the 9 for 53/54 and the next 9 for ??? (Q3 perhaps, as now it's been butchered it only needs 8 buses).

I'm not one for bringing politics into but the fact it was GNE getting all the money could have an impact aswell with what's going on with South Eastern Trains. 

I don't believe they've won anything solo from this (there's a few split ones like Oxford).