(25 Sep 2025, 2:30 pm)logidoodah wrote I heard from a person who was chatting to a driver last week that City have bought new buses for the route and "were on the ferry as we speak, but don't tell anyone" I am hesitant to believe such a claim as where does a small and fairly new independent get such money from, why would it be a secret and why would they go to the effort of branding 3 buses for the Sunderland Connect (PVR = 3) contract.

I have it on good authority that the West Pyongyang Northern General Omnibus Company have loaned three vehicles to an undisclosed bus operator in the North East of England.

Although I have been unable to discover to whom these recently built, high -spec examples of supreme North Korean engineering are being sent, the Pyongyang rumour mill suggests it a university city with a dedicated bus service for students.

Of course, it is not for me to put two and two together and come up with five (only our great and glorious leaver has that authority), but there is enough coincidental information present to draw your own conclusions on the matter.