(4 hours ago)peter wrote Personal prediction for the new vehicles:
Angel:
18 new buses on the 21 displaces 16 Streetdecks onto the 301 (as rumoured) + 2 older deckers withdrawn
10 Streetlites go to Washington to displace the Citaros
5 Streetlites stay at Percy Main withdrawing 83XX Versa's
1 Streetlite goes to Consett displacing an extra E200MMC to Riverside to withdraw an 83XX Versa
X66
4 new buses displaces 3x Supershuttle E200MMC plus 1x extra as above to Hexham for 684
4 x Versa's from Hexham to Riverside withdrawing last of the 83XX Versa
58
7 new buses on the 58 displacing 7 older deckers
25 x New Buses - X1, X10 and X21
4 new buses on X10 displaces 4 E400MMC's to Consett for X-Line circuit withdrawing 4 older deckers
13 new buses on X1 displaces 13 Streetdecks to the 56, 56 B9's spread to withdraw older deckers
8 new buses on the X21 displaces 2 for the 56, 3 for Washington for 14/50 + extra spare, 3 for Riverside as 21/X21 spares withdrawing older deckers
Total of 34 older deckers withdrawn accounting for all B7's, Gemini 1's, Dual Door E400's and Olympus's
Can't say I agree with your prediction here like even known some of it makes sense. I kinda want to say, but I do kinda expect to be wrong:
New Buses:
8x X21
4x X10
13x X1
??x 21
??x 58 (can't be bothered to check these 2 and I've forgot)
Displacements:
Cobalt B9TL: Washington (14/34/50/Spares)
6352-55: Consett (Expresses)
6377: Riverside (X21/X10 Spare)
6301-7/6315-6333/6356-6361: Percy Main (301/307/309/Spares)
6362-6376: Deptford (56)
Enviro 200 MMC: Washington (4)
301 Streetlites: Consett (6) / Replace Versa's
Remaining B9TL's: Everywhere displacing older vehicles
Withdrawn:
All Citaros
All 10.8m Versa's
Dual Door Vehicles/B7TL's/Older B9TL's
It's probably better to have most the Daimler Streetdeck's together in one place with suitable spares since they're rather unreliable, rather than having them split all over. The B9TL's being a good upgrade for the 50 and the Enviro 200 MMC's actually being used on a busy route rather than sitting on secondary routes - at best.
I really can't see the X21 Streetdeck's going to Washington though, because it doesn't make sense to send an X1 example to Sunderland, to then send one of the same batch from Riverside to Washington but then again it is GNE.