(26 Dec 2025, 11:32 am)peter wrote 8 to Consett is intriguing!Unless they're low height for the X71 or GNE are planning interworking / route changes, there's absolutely no way Consett are getting any unless it was for the 47 or X45.
My theory is that these will end up on the X70 group displacing 8 MMC's to Riverside for the X21, while also providing a greater pool of vehicles for the X10. Remaining E400MMC's at Consett stay on the X30 group, and light green Streetdecks are split between those needed for the X1 and the remaining 5 back to Consett for the X45.
If 8 new buses go to Consett and a full 14 went to Washington to give 2 spares for the X1, then the three left at Riverside might be retained as spares needed for 21/X21 rather than 4 going on the X10.
Besides, 4x going on the X10 sounds way more plausible meaning that Consett would have all 20x E400MMC based there - which is enough for the X30s/X70s (PVR 12) and the X45 (PVR 5) as well as 3x spares.