(Yesterday, 5:29 pm)TransitObserver wrote The only bus that’ll go to Newcastle from Hartlepool will be 19680. The rest of the E200’s mainly the 15 plates and 63 plates will probably end up in South Shields and Sunderland the others will probably be scrapped or sent elsewhere.
Come to think of it though they will likely keep a few diesels at least initially as back ups and for the 59 as not sure if the electrics would last a full charge going to Durham and back several times a day and the timetable seems to be quite tight as well.