(09 Dec 2023, 5:03 pm)glen wrote Stagecoach just can't invest in Newcastle all the time there are stagecoach North East Fleet like Stockton and hartlepool and South shield? Need to invest and Sunderland too?

It wouldn't have been as bad if there wasn't a need to steal buses for Newcastle's CAZ, Shields would have had a pretty new fleet, ditto with Stockton. Sunderland is getting investment now with the electric Es, but that won't help too much if they're binning off all their gas buses. I'm sure the people at the Wheatsheaf will want new buses for these places, but it must be a pain trying to justify the investment to their masters in Perth.

I do genuinely wonder if the ZEBRA funding is actively hurting this, as they'll only open their wallets if they're matched or more by the Government.