(25 Jan 2023, 12:18 am)Storx wrote I don't know the PVR's but aren't a lot of the singles there at Walkergate since certain buses in particular the 11 plate Hybrids are shot to bits and they have a ridiculous number of spares.the 62/63 are slatyford's core routes but there are also other high capacity routes where double decker's are handy to have at times like the Newbiggin hall routes like X77/X78 I think, when there's metro disruption there is also a huge spike in the X47 etc.
But let's say if they do get 25 at Slatyford then I have a feeling all the 16 plates will go to Walkergate. There's only the 62/63/685 which should be Decker operated there but they don't have enough since the extension.
Then there should be enough for all the main services to be ran by the 16/69 Plates, Hybrids and 60 Plates. They could always keep some of the 58 Plates for school runs, 18 and spares. No need to get arid of them all imo, they just shouldn't be in front line work similar to GNE with it's assortment of old Enviro's from London of similar vintage.
It's a waste of money from them having new'ish buses doing school runs at Stockton, Sunderland and Slatyford imo.
i think if slaty got the 25 MMCs, around 7 16 plates should go to walkergate perhaps allowing maybe one or two of the 11 plate hybrids to be used for component recovery, although i know some of the oxford and Manchester hybrids have already been cannibalised for this purpose so maybe SNE could grab a few of them until replacements for the 11 plates can come through