(17 May 2026, 6:06 am)pbjd wrote It and 11772 are going on loan to Preston to facilitate a service extension somewhere, lunacy when the North East is notoriously short of double deckers.
2 of 6 deckers from across the country going on loan for the latest saga in the Preston Bus Wars pending the release of E400MMCs from Gillmoss once their charging infrastructure is online.
As for shortages of deckers - these are technically freed up by next weekend’s PVR reductions in Newcastle with the end of the BSIP funding for the 1 and 30s. As of next week, Walkergate’s PVR drops by 3 so whatever was due to be displaced by that change will hang on until 11772 and 11774 return.
Likewise Slatyford drops PVR - by 6, meaning less need to replace the 4 Yutongs which went to Rugby in exchange for Stockton retaining 73053-6.