(05 Apr 2014, 7:20 am)Richard Smiles wrote 22196 is also withdrawn. I also refer you to message 1806 which contains my updated Fleet List as at Monday 31st March 2014.
21155 R255 KRG VOLVO B10BLE WA SPARE
22172 T172 MVM MAN ALX300 WA SPARE
22190 T190 MVM MAN ALX300 SU SPARE
22196 T196 MVM MAN ALX300 SU SPARE
22214 T214 TND MAN ALX300 WA SPARE
22215 T215 TND MAN ALX300 SU SPARE
22727 T727 OEF MAN ALX300 WA SPARE
22728 T728 OEF MAN ALX300 WA SPARE
22729 T729 OEF MAN ALX300 WA SPARE
22730 T730 OEF MAN ALX300 WA SPARE
22731 T731 OEF MAN ALX300 SN SPARE
22733 T733 OEF MAN ALX300 SN SPARE
22734 T734 OEF MAN ALX300 SN SPARE
22735 T735 OEF MAN ALX300 SN SPARE
22736 T736 FVN MAN ALX300 SU SPARE
22732 T732 OEF MAN ALX300 - Has been broken up for spares & sold for Scrap.
Unless 22196 has come off very recently, it was still operational at Sunderland (despite what the fleet lists said). The question remains, have the 17 gas buses really led to the withdrawal of 20 (or 21 if you include 22196) MANs on the ground (rather than on paper) – as ousting an additional 3 or 4 vehicles would be very unusual?