(14 Jul 2014, 7:23 pm)Robert wrote Doubt it, it has been strongly suggested that, if the Toon Link does get new buses this year or any year the B10BLEs will just get directly withdrawn. They may get a repaint nearer the time like the Ex-Oxford B10s. Tbh, im surprised that they havent done this with 4850-4855.
The main reason for repainting 5151-59 was due to the fact Percy Main kept allocating them to service 9, and the brand was worthless because Percy Main didn't care about it. Branding, in this instance, did not work. It will increase their book value a little too, but not by much.
The repainting of 5160-64 was to allow them to swap with DAF SB120s 8242-46, due to the reliability (or lack thereof) of the latter.
Plus, back when they were repainted, Saltmeadows could facilitate the additional repaints. Now, they can't - hence why 4850-55 won't be repainted (especially when there's no guarantee that Ensign will buy them - as they rejected 4840 which went for scrap).