(06 Jan 2025, 10:04 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote There’d be no chance in hell Stagecoach would give Stockton E400MMC’s they don’t even need the 3 E400’s they’ve got now. I’m surprised Walkergate or Slatyford haven’t taken them and gave them some single deckers in return
Stockton require those deckers for the Sedgefield College contract as well as for schoolday loadings on certain boards (as previously mentioned - one goes on the 35, the other goes on the first 13 board out the yard, which works a 58 beforehand as that board gets the school traffic on its first journey from Coulby Newham as well as hitting some of them on an afternoon as well).
There's also now talk that once Stockton goes 100% electric, 19678/80/1 won't be heading back to Tyneside - they may be staying on the south of the region as I understand Hartlepool's management have put in a request for double deckers for the busiest 1 boards out of Middlesbrough on a weekday afternoon.