(Yesterday, 10:17 am)Dan wrote I doubt GNE would be willing to sell any of their buses to Northstar, but they wouldn’t be required anyway.

Northstar has a fleet of around 20 Euro VI double-deck buses (more modern than those GNE are likely to dispose of with the entry into service of their new buses) in storage, as well as a decent number of Euro VI single decks - intentionally kept in storage pending any contract gains, or losses which could lead to further commercial start-ups, as seen when the 643 contract was lost to GNE.

It’s more likely that GNE’s buses will be scrapped. They were fully depreciated assets on acquisition for the Metro Flow contract some years ago, and potentially aside from some hardware on the bus, will remain as such now. The quickest and easiest disposal (in the absence of a great deal of storage space) will be scrap.