(Yesterday, 8:00 am)L469 YVK wrote Should they not have ended up in Northumbria in the first place given Northumbria is way more profitable than Durham & Tees?

I won’t go into specifics, but since the closure of Newcastle, the Northumbria business has become one of the most profitable areas in all of UKB on a fully loaded margin basis, second only to Merseyside.

Durham County still has its challenges, but there are some significant changes coming next year to address that. 

Confirmed this week also is the first part of the 2026 diesel order.

31 x E400MMC (Ashington, Blyth and Redcar to benefit) 
18 x E200MMC (Currently planned all to go to Stockton, but this might change)

Blyth, Darlington and Durham also still due their electrics (total of 49) and a second diesel order is expected for more Evoras (hence the split in approval due to manufacturer).

That's 98 new vehicles already approved with further to come. Almost a third of the fleet to be renewed in 2026.