(24 Aug 2023, 8:07 am)tyresmoke wrote Yeah they’re supposed to be heading to Darlington to see off the gas buses… maybe NE will see a handful of Pulsars come the other way?
Stockton have repaired 1457 which was pulled off for chassis corrosion so who knows, I kind of expected them to start pulling the worst ones when they were falling, with the amount floating around in reserve now.


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Yeah same, mind I thought they'd try and take a dint into the Temsa's at Redcar but suppose the only place they'll be heading to is scrap so don't have any value.

(24 Aug 2023, 8:10 am)RobinHood wrote Walkergate Streetlites are being split with half going to Ashington (Svs 1/2) and half to Darlington to finish off the EcoCity withdrawal.

Will end up with Pulsars in reserve/heading to Yorkshire but apparently Arriva have won tenders to bring back the X16 and extend the 57A to Ashington, so some will be kept back for that in October.

EcoCitys are going to be withdrawn and sold, not Runcorn as anticipated.

A small number of 'other' movements will also take place to align fleet, simplify types and start to withdraw E200s and more Solos.u

Interesting with the 57A, hopefully it'll sort out the reliability issues aswell as it's an absolute mess lately but it'll be interesting to see how that works as one route is longer than the other so one end of it is going to be left with an uneven service without changing it and arguably the Southern end is the stronger end.