(21 Mar 2025, 12:41 am)col87 wrote Stagecoach management told the Hartlepool Public Transport Forum over a year ago that the plan was that Stocktons fleet would move to Hartlepool ( yes I know some on here will mention the pits) but that is what management planned so it will be a massive let down if it don’t happen, as Hartlepool is in desperate need of newer buses as the fleet is completely unreliable now. I mean even if they don’t fit over the pits at Hartlepool they could very easily sort that out as they is plenty of space to build a new engineering area and Stockton could continue to do any work that would need a pit anyway so they are Solutions to the whole pit issue.
Who knows tbh, hard to say either way. Possibly maybe they might send E200's down from elsewhere instead? Lot's of ways you could release some if you wanted. The fact the 10, 11 and 23 have a lot of E300 boards, in Sunderland, lately would suggest the E200's aren't staying at Sunderland - but who knows. Even the 8 had a gas bus on today.