(12 Nov 2023, 4:21 pm)L469 YVK wrote Think it was more with them being 'dealer stock' plus getting good discounts and being known vehicles at the time to handle such route.
Shame they weren't replaced back when 5 year old as they would've done for the X14/X20 with Euro 6 mods....but they're a bit long in the tooth now for that sort of work! Probably had the hardest lives out of all the B9TLs in the North East closely followed by 6043-48.
Aye it was, I believe. It always seems a hard bus to get investment and always seems to get hand me downs. Wouldn't be surprised at all if they end up gaining some Enviro 400 (MMC's) from Yorkshire when their 47 electrics turn up. Quite a few buses will be moving out from there. It's all one area now, prettty much.
Wouldn't be too surprised to see 7609/7610/7618/7619/7626/7627 all return to Blyth either and get the Pulsar's off the express work with E6 mods.