(29 Dec 2022, 2:07 am)DH9 wrote I'd heard 16 was being extended to Shotley Bridge to cover withdrawal of the 47 between Consett and the hospital?

And with hopefully a shift away from 'strict' branding, the 47 could be interworked with the X30/X31 which would help increase layover time on both of them routes as well. Then X45 interworked with X71/X72. The latter interworking patterns not needing a 'low height' decker.

Only got 14x E400MMC (not including 6336-37) and total PVR is 19x but I'm sure with 6356-63 not having any particular 'use' at the moment, GNE would have enough suitable vehicles to make the PVR up to 19x with suitable spares