(02 Jun 2022, 9:10 am)busmanT wrote With the current financial predicament that the bus industry is in, I can't see any new buses being ordered unless they are bought with assistance from government funding. I can see the north east getting cast offs from Oxford, Cambridge, Coventry, Sheffield, Manchester and so on where they are getting new buses funded through government.
It will be interesting to see if Stagecoach's new owners DWS speed up investment as they have suggested they will do.
i dont think that manchester or sheffield will be sending anything to newcastle as i know sheffield has been receiving ex magic bus 07/57/08 and 58 plate E400s from manchester, apart from helping to maybe get rid of ALX300s or the Hartlepool E200s them buses would be unusable when the CAZ comes into force (if and when of course).
oxford could be a maybe as the oldest deckers there are about 13 2010 registered E400Hs and then a whole mix of standard and scania enviro 400s which range from 2010 to 2014 registered examples i believe so although not great they aren't terrible either