(Yesterday, 11:33 pm)PH - BQA wrote At this point is it not purely because anything older than that will realistically be scrapped within 12-18 months?
I could see the 61-plate DB300s being done after 1500-1505, but I think all 61-plate Pulsars will be next in line for withdrawal at the next vehicle intake?
Given it's also been mentioned that 59-plate DB300s may stay ahead of Pulsars to help with capacity, then there are only realistically the following deckers to get rid of: 7501-7/9, 7514-6/8-21, 7557/8/60/2. 19 deckers up for scrap.
As a list of 33 confirmed exits:
19x - 2008/9 E400s.
12x - 2022 E200s (believe it was mentioned a couple of these were staying?)
2x - 2009 DB300s
Then you have the following 'batches' of Pulsars (withdrawn examples already removed from totals, and totals based on quick counting on bustimes):
'09 - 1370-1378, 1404-1428 (33)
'59 - 1379-1389, 1429-1432 (15)
'10 - 1390-1399, 1433-1460 (34)
82 total, in addition to the 33 above takes us to 115. The quoted number of new vehicles has always been around 120 I believe?
Yeah honestly that's pretty much what I'd expect aswell.
Hopefully they see sense and keep some of the E200's for the Solo SR's aswell which at no surprise are as junk as the rest of the Solo's that have ended up at Ashington.