(16 Nov 2025, 11:02 am)L469 YVK wrote However.......if there was to be some standardisation so that Northumbria was all MMC's..........there could be straight swap with 7522, 7524-33, 7553, 7554, 7556 going to Belmont in exchange for 7582-95.
7594/5 are earmarked for Whitby for the Park & Ride next summer.
Likewise, I understand when Durham get their electric deckers next year, the remaining MMCs will likely be cascaded to Darlington to replace 7516/8-21 as well as displacing Pulsars to allow additional working to move to Decker operation (or allow the current crop of Decker-allocated boards to be always Decker operated).
(16 Nov 2025, 11:49 am)Storx wrote The fact that there's currently 3 E400MMC's at Blyth isn't an accident, and depending when these new buses come - might never leave either. Blyth never use the E400's on a Sunday, I'll highly doubt they'll want more of them in frontline work there.
As has been stated many times - 7578/9/80 are only 'on loan' to Blyth for the duration of their repaint program and will return to Redcar in time for the start of the Summer 2026 season.