(03 Aug 2022, 5:39 am)omnicity4659 wrote I'd say that alongside the E400s and E400MMCs already at Ashington, they'll all be pretty much the same specification once they've passed through the paint booths, so there wouldn't be any need to be specific about where they're going.Ashington other than maybe 3x as spares, will lose the majority of their 'Classic E400MMC'.
Kent have already started repainting their 2017 Sapphire E400MMCs, so hopefully it won't be long until everything around here is de-Sapphired and de-Maxed.
These new E400MMCs are fitted with Next Stop Announcements and USB charging as per the standard Arriva specification, not yet confirmed if they have ordered highbacked seating for these as they are up to the regions to specify.
But likelihood is the newer ones would get allocated to the X14/X15/X18/X20 due to the increased demands. Also, if these have ZF gearboxes as opposed to Voith (Arriva have chopped and changed in the past such as with B7TLS), then they'd be best suited to those routes anyways.