According to a SNE fans facebook page SNE has done abit of a convoluted exchange, E200 39713 has transferred from Sunderland to South Shields due to the gain of a nexus contract, however has been sent straight on loan to Slatyford to allow 19430 to come the other way to South Shields due to a shortage of E400s.
I believe this a bit of a short sighted decision as slatyford and newcastle as a whole is struggling, flagship services 62/63 are regularly operating single decks 300s and also with E200s a regular sight aswell massively impacting loadings. Cumbria have just offloaded around 5 ALX400s to disposal, it's a shame that Sunderland can't grab them for the shortfall until the deliveries scheduled in 2023 (I believe)
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