After standing an hour and 15 mins at Heworth waiting for the streetlite, which didn't turn up, I spoke to 3 different drivers in that time to see where it was and also had abit of banter and apparently the 8 New Streetlites for Gateshead will be here in October for the Saltwell Park, I would guess it will be the same timeframe for the ones for Sunderland also as part of the Greenbus Fund.

Apparently this bid would been rejected if GNE didn't agree to trade in the Artics on the 58, so basically come October expect those to be gone, hence why there are demos being tested on the 58. Also once the Streetlite has gone there will be a Volvo Demo coming for trial. The make wasn't specified, but one would assume it will be either a Gemini2/Pulsar2 or the new 7900 which First Essex and Lothian have just bought respectively.

Can anyone else who actually works for GNE on this page actually confirm this information for me please, I've also posted this on Bazza Houstons Page also, so any info I get back, i'll post on here also.