(26 Jan 2025, 1:52 pm)WestDurhamSwift wrote The B5LHs seem to have vanished entirely, replaced by second-hand 61-plate buses. If I recall correctly, the B5LHs were supposedly heading to EYMS, though they were originally meant to go to GNW to join the B&H ones now in service there.
As for 6334 and 6335, they were sent to GNW after undergoing internal refurbishments and a repaint. Interestingly, they’ve since been repainted into Bee Network livery and undergone yet another internal refurbishment.
You also have the 'other' Enviro 400MMCS which were ordered for Go North East but then diverted to Oxford.
Seems like a non-issue to me. Swapping mid life vehicles for similar type around 1 year older isn't great but is also not a big deal to be flagging to the BBC as part of the reason for the current embarrassment that is GNE. I highly doubt that getting rid of the hybrids and replacing them with the London deckers has anything to do with the current mess. Particularly when the second hand tat seems better able to remain on the road than much of the newer indigenous stock.