(11 Feb 2025, 10:01 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote Well I’m going to assume some of the 277’s will be heading to Newcastle soon enough as Slatyford’s 271** and 272**’s are heading away from Newcastle most likely to Sunderland and Stocktons 262**’s are heading to Slatyford but there’s not enough to fully cover the 17 27’s at Slatyford. Plus Walkergate have 5 so will probably get more 277’s from Sunderland.
24101-24115 will remain at Slatyford due to Euro 6 engines until the electric buses turn up which is when they will probably go.
If 24101-24115 are staying, I wonder if some of the 64/65 Plate Enviro 300's might displace some E200's out from either Sunderland or South Shields down to Hartlepool.
In theory, unless some leave the region, you've got:
84x Yutongs In
Out:
29x Gas
17x MAN's at Stockton (Assume)
4x Elderly E300's at Stockton
12x Darts
8x MAN E200's
Total 68
Leaves 16 buses still to go which are unaccounted for and if it's not the MAN's at Slatyford then the 59 Plate E200's are pretty much next on the chopping block which there just happens to be 16 of if you include the 08 plate one. There's also conveniently 17 E200's at Sunderland and conveniently the E300's plus extra Yutongs over the 11 Plates all adds up aswell, believe it's 48 if my maths are right including the ones at Walkergate. That extra E200, and the 3 E200's at Stockton seeing off the Darts at Hartlepool.
PS. I've well overthought this but it all works out.