(Yesterday, 6:27 pm)TransitObserver wrote Don’t understand why 36478/479 have gone to Hartlepool and South Shields got 36468/477 in replacement from Slatyford. Surely it would have made more sense sending 36468/477 to Hartlepool and cut out the middle man…
More likely down to 36468/77 having Euro6 mods whereas I don’t believe 36478/9 do. South Shields require Euro6 vehicles for their Nexus Tenders, whereas Hartlepool don’t require Euro6.
Also of note is that those 3 E200 join 36974 in prep for Hartlepool - that has been down at Stockton for a week or so now.