(18 Jul 2022, 9:33 pm)Storx wrote Not a chance, be at least 2025 if generous for them. The Drifter doesn't usually get much investment it had the god damn awful Marshall Darts on for years.
The next order will be for Hexham replacing the oldest Solo's and getting something Euro 6 for the 74 imo.
The 08/58 Merc's will be gone by the end of this year imo displaced by whatever the electrics go on either the 10 plate Versa's or the Quaycity ones (half of them going next week with the cuts). There's also the X45/X46 Streetdeck's which will displace stuff aswell. I still think the 58 either via the X21 (unsure personally) or directly.
If it were for the 74 they might want to wait till next year as that contract only has a year so pointless investing in a bus that would spend less than a year on a route (obviously that's a worse case scenario but still has ti be considered) unless it's something standard across another (or afew other) depots to allow it to move to another route should GNE loose the 74 next year