(06 May 2026, 9:38 pm)220631612 wrote You’re about 10 years too late for nexus franchising to be on hold.
Ok I was a little bit behind on the situation, have searched and found this articlehttps://www.route-one.net/news/north-east-england-bus-franchising-to-move-to-audit-of-assessment/
The decision to move ahead is due next year and the first journeys are likely to happen in 2029, so your telling me that stagecoach is unlikely to upgrade its flagship before this, the majority of the buses being around 13 years old at that point