(17 Jul 2025, 4:09 pm)L469 YVK wrote Would it not be worth swapping these with East Yorkshire's 7x dealer stock B9TLs (including ex 6118-21)? East Yorkshire would be better supporting these as they already have several B5TLs.
Then for the ex dealer stocks even if not Euro 6 - GNE could use them on the likes of the X5/X15, X20, 16/16A which don't go into the CAZ.
Guess it depends what the new E400's displace out ff the rumours are true.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's those that go as part of it and down to East Yorkshire but nothing coming in return.
I don't know what the loads are like on the X20, but the deckers I believe are on there because of the college students at the Western side of the route which is also rumoured to be getting split off.
Maybe it might be downgraded to single decker? There's the E200MMC's around which could easily be sent there from Consett and Riverside with Streetlites and the ex Fab 56 B9's going in the opposite direction? Could maybe upgrade the Drifter aswell which is desperate for newer vehicles?
Obviously Riverside's being replaced by electrics soon anyway.