(10 Sep 2025, 10:53 pm)Shrek wrote I've had it suggested to me that this one might spend more time on Blyth services in order to see how they work on the x services, looking ahead for future investment. 

Something I noticed on the order for the 43/44/45, the original plan was funding for 13 double and one single decker. Looking at the LinkedIn post, it appears that has changed to 14 BYD doubles now.

The order was originally placed for the 43/44/45 when the PVR was 13, and the single decker was for the 47 Newcastle-Hospital shuttle which ran with 1499. When Jesmond closed the 47 was adopted into the 43/44/45 interworking pattern and the PVR increased to 14. Of course the 47 was eventually dropped but the PVR for the 43/44/45 now remains at 14. Obviously somewhere along the line they were able to amend the order for the 14th bus to be a DD to reflect these changes. 

Will be interesting to see what this and the Durham batch displaces, presumably 7501-7/9, and perhaps 7557/8/60/2 and 7514-16/18-21 or I wonder whether they would prioritise getting rid of older Pulsars first before the deckers.