(24 Aug 2023, 9:37 pm)toward6931 wrote yeah im really confused by this, if the rumors are true then the 196**s are going to torquay, I thought the whole point of the diverted batch was to help replace the hybrids, if ten or so of the the 196 s are going that means no hybrids are getting replaced.Well these new buses were actually meant for Torquay and we sent here instead so it makes sense if they’re sending the 60 plates rather than the 58 plates but they can’t be very happy losing brand new buses for old buses.
i would have thought if torquay are that desperate, why would you not take the opportunity to send the hybrids to Manchester where there are large numbers still in service to see out their days, for argument sake lets say out of the 26 Newcastle hybrids they decided to use 20 in service, you could still cascade around 15 of the older E400s in Manchester to torquay to oust some tridents
Hybrid’s definitely won’t last much longer unless they’re having work done like 12068/69 which haven’t been seen since last year.