(14 Nov 2022, 8:48 pm)Storx wrote In fairness though your mixing DD and Singles up, there's no routes that realistically need an upgrade to Decker's in the North East regardless to what people say. Maybe we might see a single order soon which might push out some of the oldest buses in the network instead.i do think you could justify maybe say for example at slatyford upscaling 5 of the E200s for 300s, and maybe 4 of the 300s for 400s.
Depending how many decker's come up here most the 58 Plates could be gone from front line service.
Say something like
10x New Buses - 12
10x New Buses - 38
2x New Spares - 12, 38, 62, 63, 39, 40
12x 60 Plates - 1, Spare
E400 Hybrids - 18, 22, X63, Spares
It's easily doable and there's more than enough there - I believe those PVR's are right there abouts.
Mind it'll be interesting to see where the 19 Enviro 200's from Inverness end up as they'd make a good dent in removing the Enviro 200 MAN's especially considering there's some the same age as Hartlepool's (60 Plate) and the rest are the same age as Sunderland's / South Shields' give or take (63/64 Plate)
walkergate could do with 2 double decks back in return for the 60 plates at Stockton. the E services sound like they could benefit from a handful of 400s and at Stockton you could probably justify 5 double decks in the place of 5 of the singles