(Yesterday, 9:50 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote The EV buses do require coolant like a diesel bus, guessing to help cool the battery’s so they do need that topped up only engineers trained on the EV’s can do that same with unplugging them from charge (at least at Slatyford). Apart from that the EV’s are lot better. I wonder when all depots go fully electric what will happen to engineers, there’ll be no need for them at least on a scale of how they’re used now.
Yeah that's fair had a feeling there might have been something slightly different.
Be interesting though, if I had to speculate I'd guess they'll just consolidate all the major work into hubs, then everyone else just does the bare basics to the stage they can change a tyre and replace a window but it won't be much more.
Stockton, I guess, is the one to watch since it's getting rebuilt soon.
Like using existing depots and ignoring franchising, personally wouldn't be surprised if it's down to engineering wise:
GNE:
Riverside (Percy Main)
Consett (Hexham)
Deptford (Washington)
SNE:
Walkergate or Slatyford
Stockton (Hartlepool)
Wheatsheaf (South Shields)
Arriva:
Teesside (Redcar / Stockton)
Darlington
Durham
Blyth or Ashington
It's not like they're miles apart and they all have operations which are linked between the depots anyway. If there's £££ on offer they'll jump at it tbh. I believe there's already shared management between a fair few anyway.