(13 Sep 2025, 1:41 pm)Storx wrote Doubt it, personally I wouldn't be surprised if NECA or whatever they're called buy electric buses for both and it's one of the launch routes for whatever it's called, similar to what's happening in Liverpool. 

It's probably the easiest route to do since there's already a partnership in place and both routes have pretty elderly buses now with massive visibility being on main routes for the vast majority of the route (no use them being hidden on something like the 317 running around estates).

Redcar and/or Stockton has to be top of the list surely for investment though to get shot of the oldest Pulsars especially since they're keeping those routes indefinitely. The 63 is the one which stands out the most since it's a flagship route running around with junk as an understatement and it already had the electrics until it got redirected to Darlington. Not to mention Stockton losing their newer Streetlites for more life expired Pulsars.

It sounds like while the demonstrator is at Blyth they want to give it a lot of use on the 306/308. I'm starting to think there'll be more investment north of tyne next year.