(25 May 2022, 10:13 am)busmanT wrote GNE haven't any funding to build EV charging facilities at another depot, so it must be Riverside that they will be allocated to.
Conveniently the Q3, as reduced from 27th March, has a PVR of 8 and spends a lot of its time in the City Centre so I think that the Q3 is the likely home for the new E12s.
Does mean those Optare Versa being repainted again.
I too think the Q3 would be a good route for them as like you say it’s snakes through the city centre, plus it travels along High Street Gosforth and Gosforth has been an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) for 10+ years now due to its poor air quality. https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/en...ir-quality
Its not too far dead mileage-wise for them to head back to Riverside for charging if they come out of service at Side/Guidhall. Just nip over the Swing and then turn right and whizz along the riverside busway etc.
On the other hand I do think if they were planned for the Q3 all along why on earth did they bother branding up the Versas instead of putting them into Corporate.
Likewise if they end up on the 93/94 or 58 why were their B9s branded up.