(27 Jun 2024, 5:40 pm)busmanT wrote Surely it makes little sense to convert 15/16/17 year old dual doorway buses to single doorway especially, as someone else has said, apparently GNE have apparently lost a large number of Nexus contracts from September so will need fewer double decks. 
Converting the 60 plate vehicles makes sense.

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Sadly, Go North East were given incorrect information about the ex Oxford Volvo B9TL vehicles, being told that they were Euro VI compliant.

That's a deplorable response. It's not like these E400s suddenly became an issue, GNE have had them for nearly 2 years now. Every other major company manages to convert ex-London stock correctly, why can't the "region's leading bus company"? It's penny pinching that has an impact on a vulnerable group of people. 

So, nobody thought to double check the information before spending heaps of money on them? It just took me literally 30 seconds to complete a check via the government website.