(17 Jan 2026, 11:17 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote The 327 actually makes sense to get 75%mid life buses as there is no hills they often do a school and DFDS contract but need to be euro6 and often step in as spares when needed
Would the Boris buses of London be suitable replacements for the NE for second hand midlife crisis
The iconic buses would stand out if painted and could be a relaunch of a service
Aye don't disagree, to be fair though there's enough locally which could go on it really. There's potentially a lot of 2012/13 vehicles going free depending on what's getting released. The Fab 56 and 58 examples are definitely being released though.
Either of those would be ideal imo with the 59 Plates being used to knock out the Dual Door E400's, Optare E400's and the ex Manchester/Yorkshire B9TL's which are old now with the 59 Plates going onto the school contract role.