(09 Feb 2025, 9:41 am)Kuyoyo wrote Stockton's Yutongs (well, the ones intended for Slatyford but redirected here instead) should be in service by the end of the month - I understand engineering were wanting (and management have given the go-ahead to do so) at least two of them to be in service from tomorrow (Monday) but as of yet they have yet to have the baseplates, CCTV or audio equipment fitted.
I'm sure the plan for now is that 24101-15 remain at Slatyford with Stockton's MMCs and Sunderland's Euro6 E300s releasing the ex-Stockton E300s. As yet, there's no home for the remaining E300s at Stockton - all that seems certain from the Stockton fleet is that all the MANs and E300 27506/7/9/10 will be withdrawn and sold for scrap and the E200s 37314-6 will more than likely end up at Hartlepool to displace 3 of their Darts. The new home for the E400s at Stockton are also currently unknown - however, as I have hinted, Hartlepool have put in a request for an allocation of deckers to deal with the peak-time loadings on the 1s out of Middlesbrough on an afternoon which would then also help Stockton out if a problem crops up with their electric decker for the Sedgefield School Contract.
Let's not forget Slatyford will have a large number of spare E200s once the 35 passes to Central Taxis - after all, they'll be no need for 12 E200s for a PVR of 6.
Surely those E200's get split between Hartlepool and South Shields to replace all of the Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer 2's.
Also Sunderland will need 3/4 Euro 6 Buses for the X24 once the Gas Buses are Withdrawn unless they are going to allocate the spare Yutong E12's.