(04 Jun 2025, 4:23 pm)S830OFT wrote I think some of the issues was that the X4 was just too demanding for those Wright StreetLites after about five years. Stockton had a similar problem, which resulted in 1550 - 1559 being used more locally & then 10/61 plate Pulsar 2s typically being used for the 5/5A. It did not help that during the summer the X4 was always busy & experienced constant delays, without accounting for the fleet reliability issues at the time either.1475 could float around as 1409 replaced 1450 so technically 1475 could be a vehicle that could easy be non depo allocated and just go to Depo to depo when required ?
With ten Evoras expected, the PVR of the X4 is eight buses, with the 95/323 at Whitby also using a full size bus that should take it to nine. I would suspect they'll then just keep the last Evora as a typical spare between the two Depots & be allocated to just about anything...
The main fleet at Redcar by this stage would then just consist mainly of VDL Pulsar 2s, Gemini 2s (spare for the winter) & Optare Solo SRs (which are ideal for the 81) - with another ten Temsa Avenues able to be withdrawn once the Evoras fully enter service.
RE: Redcar depot