(25 Sep 2025, 6:51 pm)Storx wrote Wouldn't surprise me if they did, the Pulsar's need to go not any deckers.
If they do withdraw them then it's going to leave 5 spares Pulsar's and they should be nowhere near the X7/X8/X10/X11 or 306/308 which is the only place they can go.
imo 7501-7/9, 1463/80/93/5/6 should be what goes leaving 1499-5 for the 553/X9 and everything else Decker operated.
If the trial goes well, they could easily upgrade the 306/8 or X7/8/10/11 which would see off the 58 Plate E400's and 59 Plate DB300's. I'm sure there's a case for both.
Agree 100% on that list of cascades, not sure what the official allocation ratio of deckers to singles is on the 43/44/45, or was when they were ordered but that would make the most sense. E400's for the scrap man and send those Pulsar's to Stockton/Redcar to start replacing the older examples.
When it comes to the 58/09 E400's you'd argue if you're gonna have a 15+ year old bus you'd rather have a decker than a pulsar, so you'd hope they won't go until after the 09 Pulsars do.