(15 Feb 2026, 7:50 pm)PH - BQA wrote 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.

To be fair the Solo's and B9TL's over the past 3 years, is a reason why they should be doing fleet standardisation. They've been absolutely horrendous 

Wasn't one of the reasons to Solo's and B9's were off road was because they were waiting for parts anyway?

I think all of us would happily see the Streetlite's disappear but that can't happen sadly.

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Side note, seems the two new E400MMC's are out at Blyth already, ones just passed before.