(13 Mar 2014, 7:02 am)tyresmoke wrote Will be interesting to see - certainly Stockton are expecting Volvo B10BLEs from Northumbria, as are Redcar. Unsure on the exact numbers as yet but a lot of the fleet will move around to go with service upgrades etc

Out of interest has anyone heard the radio ads for the East Durham tickets? Heard one the other night and it sounded pretty well done

I'm incredibly bored, so here suggestion for cascades:

14 X VDL Pulsar for services 4/X3/X4:
1429-30 Redcar-Durham for services 46 and 48, allowing it to be fully Pulsar operated. 7477/78 would be withdrawn.
1431-32 Redcar-Durham for service 43, allowing it to be fully Pulsar operated. 4519/20 would be transfered to Stockton to replace 4001/06, while 7432/33 would be transferred to Jesmond for the 43/44/45.
1433-40 Redcar-Durham for service 64, replacing 1301-04/1311-15 to replace 1646-7/1649-56 at Darlington/Redcar.

8 X VDL Pulsar for services 5/5A:
4652/54/58/59 Stockton-Ashington for services 20/X20. 7466/68/70/72 withdrawn.
1441/42/43/44 remain at Stockton for use on the 21A, replacing 4007/30/38/39.

8 X VDL Pulsar for service 306:
1497/99/00 Jesmond-Blyth for the Quorum Express. 1401/02/03 would be transferred to Jesmond to replace 4504/07/10 that would go to Stockton to replace 4039/40/43.
1481/82/83/95/96 would replace 4512/14/16/17/18 that would replace 4045/46/48/62/63 at Stockton. 1481/82/83/95/96 would be used on the 52/53.

5 X Wright Streetlite for service 23:
2803/04/05/07/08 to Blyth to replace 1733/42/51 and 1795/96.

Durham Park and Ride Solos:
2852-2857 to Darlington to replace 1712/24/37/47/93/94.
2858-2861 to Whitby to replace 1101/03/04/05.


6 X ADL Enviro 400/8 X ADL Enviro Refurbished for services X21/X22:
4501/02 would be withdrawn and 4505/06/08 to Stockton to replace Prestiges 4069 at Stockton and 4042/4071 at Redcar.
7505 would be used on the 14/X14 to allow it to be fully ADL operated, and therefore replacing 4509 to move to Redcar, to allow 4080 to be withdrawn, the last of the prestiges.

6 X B9 for Coast and Castles service X18:
7453/54/55/56 and 7505/06 remain at Ashington for the 35/35A, allowing 7436/37/38/39/40 to move to Jesmond, and 7475 to replace 7467 at Jesmond to be withdrawn. This would enable 4521 to transfer to Redcar as a spare, with 4522/23 remaining at Jesmond.

All buses in bold would be withdrawn.