(16 Oct 2024, 3:46 pm)Storx wrote Just curious but where is this confirmed? Considering the bid for the buses was for the TNE area, I'm not too sure how on earth they can just go to Stockton.
The government has funded these through a process which says where they'd go, it's not for the bus operator to decide otherwise.
These buses could've went somewhere else in Newcastle (or Sunderland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, Durham or Northumberland) with another operator if Stagecoach decided they didn't want them. I hope to god that the North East mayoral team block this, especially considering who is in charge of Teesside which would be an own goal, even politically.
Edit: Someone else beat me to it.
I’m a driver at Slatyford speaking to a union rep who said that our order has been cancelled and apparently they’re going to Stockton instead. Something to do with they need to run a big cable from near Kenton school where the electric infrastructure is to Slatyford depot which is a whole thing itself then taking the roof off the depot where they’ve done this before but had complaints from the residents near the depot for the noise so had to put the roof back on. So apparently they’re just going to give them to Stockton and take the 262’s from them.