(22 Feb 2026, 3:08 pm)SN69 ZRC wrote 100% agree. The amount of singles Walker has. I'll wait for someone to tell me which Walker route warrents a single decker.
Walker only needed the singles for the 317, and the 15 which got withdrawn almost a decade ago.
If I were to take a wild guess, when it comes to getting contracts, GCT just click "bid" without even looking and just pray they've got the buses for it
To be fair, perhaps they do! But it's disappointing expecting a GCT service just for it go back to Stagecoach. More importantly, it's not good value for taxpayers with the higher cost of paying Stagecoach to run it compared to GCT.
Especially ridiculous 2 years running.
Strange there was already rumour of Stagecoach getting EVs for the 32/32A, so it was predicted they would keep it and presumably expected it would be awarded to GCT and given back. At least positive to see GCT have retained the 35 which has largely been operated well this year by GCT.