(20 Mar 2025, 6:24 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote Were the Yutongs not to displace some of the gas buses or have they changed the plans? It makes sense to leave them at Slatyford but at this point with the amount of buses moving around who knows.
They’ve still got 27728 and 27738 whenever that re-enters service.
27727/29/30/36/37 are at Slatyford but I’m sure once 24115 comes back out, 26068 potentially 19386/19388 there wouldn’t be a need for them? And with us losing the 35 very soon we’re going to have too many buses.
Not too sure, I've always assumed, and admit there's nothing to back this up, that the 64/65 Plates from Stockton will eventually end up at Sunderland. Noticed that Walkergate swapped 5 of them for the 11 Plates, in recent weeks, which would hint that's where they're going. It would also kind of make sense aswell since it's an upgrade even known it's only a year or so over the gas buses which are going. Seems the Yutongs have knocked out the 11 Plates and bizarrely some E200's, with the remaining there all over the shop, so who knows tbh.
Can't see who else would want them since Hartlepool is a no go, both the Newcastle depots have the Euro 6 issues and I'm not sure South Shields needs anything bar the Darts but unsure a full size saloon is the answer for them either.