(02 May 2014, 6:11 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote I would of thought with the Red Kite Omnicities being 8 Years Old, that the Repaint of 5274 would be an indicator of New Vehicles for the 45/46, because if one Vehicle was Painted Per Week it would take us to Mid/Late August, just in time for New Buses Arriving in say Early September, Although Last Year the First of the Former Metrolink now Waggonway/Northern Solars were not Repainted until June 2013, but with the South Tyne 5 Cadets and Driver Training Coaches also being Repainted, I suppose could put there Repaints back a few weeks.
The Red Kite will get upgraded if the Crusader receives the B5LH as rumoured. The Citaros would go onto the Red Kite, while the Red Kite Omnicities would go onto the 17. The remaining Citaros could then go onto the X70/X71, with the Omnicities transferring to Riverside for the Pulse services.