(15 Feb 2026, 7:39 pm)Storx wrote Totally forgot about London tbh, god knows how.

Still though, still it's a bit of a headache having a microfleet of a random bus. I'd assume that the engineering departments have a ready lot of spare parts of E400's etc but won't have anything for a B9, as it doesn't make sense, so it's just time to get the parts in etc. Be much easier for Ashington to have a depot that's full of only ADL vehicles and a few Streetlite's which is probably where it's going to be in a few years time anyway realistically. Heck even later this year possibly depending what happens with the E200MMC's. 

Like if they were work horses, I'd get it, but they couldn't be any further away and they're not exactly new anymore.

Realistically it's absolutely no different to how they've been looked after for the previous 11 years though is it? 

It's also no different to them looking after a fleet of Solos (or E200MMCs if they return), or Blyth retaining a small number of Pulsars for the 553 etc. 

If they were that bothered about standardisation they'd have sent the current 8 Streetlites down to Darlington in exchange for Pulsars - or vice versa.