Tbf this is GNE using some commercial nouse at last.
The stock on the 21 and 56 are money makers and are looking more dilapidated by the day, especially internally, new vehicles coming to those routes makes sense if the cash is there to do so. You can then cascade down and upgrade your other routes.
The X21 obviously isn’t high on the agenda which suggests it doesn’t make a huge income, most commuters will use the train as opposed to that service.
RE: Go North East - State of the Fleet
Wistfully stuck in the 90s