(08 Feb 2023, 1:39 pm)54APhotography wrote Problem is where any further Darts are to come from, Stagecoach South has just sold the bulk to a scrap dealer. Even if those at Shields are to move down, something has to replace them, as they too are earmarked for MANviro elimination... Then there's those at Sunderland to eliminate...
They already managed to find 3 from Barnsley and I was in Lincolnshire the other day and the first bus I saw was a Stagecoach Dart. I don't think South Shields has the same engineering issue that Hartlepool does so it shouldn't be a problem to sens any old crap there to release the Darts.
Hartlepool only has 6 remaining MAN's so it shouldn't be too difficult to find 6 Darts from somewhere. There may be a change of plan at some point but the last mention of it from Hartlepool's engineering is more Dart's. Guess we'll find out soon enough, as I was driving 39663 last night with a March '23 MOT expiry sticker in the cab.