(30 Oct 2022, 6:08 pm)Storx wrote Aye knew about them, meant post Covid, quoted post said they've had electrics the past 3 years. Didn't word it well tbh.i cant find the article now but basically said vehicles were meant to be delivered over 3 years starting 2019, now i think of it i dont know if was talking about the group as a whole not just Manchester.
I do believe there's another batch coming with the ZEBRA at Stockport aswell before 2024.
as for the age of vehicles i know some of the older stuff like ALXs and darts are still mechanically sound from an engineering view and as long as chassis and bodies etc are still good they could probably last another ten years, not that stagecoach should aim for this but i think the 3 main regions of London, Manchester and north east as long as they are in profit should be regularly receiving new vehicles and cascading older stuff to other divisions,
look at the MANviros here in the north east that are getting replaced by older darts, as long as a vehicle is safe to use and does not put passengers at a disadvantage in any way why bother replacing a batch of 2004 registered vehicles if they are still economical to run when say a 2008 batch of vehicles is life expired