(6 hours ago)Busesinnewcastle wrote Yes theses three buses have gone back now. Slatyford are really struggling for buses at the minute.
One of the E200s (36468 possibly) was my X47 home earlier - how those things aren't scrapped is beyond me. No redeeming qualities at all, and completely unsuitable for any service around Newcastle.
They'd have been far far better off keeping the 24xxx E300s in service imo, at least they could somewhat handle the loadings (and weren't quite as bad inside!).
As an aside - how 19389 is still going baffles me. It's comfortably the slowest E400 I've ever been on, and when I was last upstairs on it in December the pillar was fully detaching from the upper windscreen every time there was any impact (bump in the road etc.).