(20 Mar 2014, 9:33 pm)aureolin wrote I'm interested to see how long these B7TLs last up in the North East. Some of the examples I've used in London (Arriva or otherwise) are quite hammered already, and that's with their less 'demanding' routes.
I saw a video of either GNE 3941 or 42 on the TEN and between Dunston and Newcastle, rather than use the flyover, it had to go down and up the slip road to join the Redheugh Bridge. A B9TL or even E400 wouldn't have had to do that! I think it's likely that a move of 4 Gemini's from Blyth to Redcar will be on the cards or if they get a good going over and the new buses for the X18 get delivered, it could well be the 4 57 reg DB250's ending up on it because despite them being hammered of the X18, the powerful engine may make up for the age of them. Or on that note, 4 DB300's might get transferred from Blyth to Redcar and in turn, 4 DB250's from Ashington will go to Blyth.