I think this years investment will be:
*5 X Citaros to Hexham for the 'Tynedalexpress' services. This would allow 5229-5233 to transfer to Chester le Street for use on the 14 and X22 to boost passenger numbers, and reliability greatly improved for both services. Lolynes withdrawn as a result
* 9 X Versa to Peterlee for services 202/204/208/265. This would allow for the withdrawal MPDs.
* 5 X Optare Solo SR to Peterlee for services 201/206/209/210/923. This would allow 564/565/573/574 to transfer to Deptford for the replacement of four older MPDs with two remaining in East Durham livery for the 238. 618/619 would then transfer to Chester-le-Street for the 71 replacing two Renowns.
* 16 X E400 MMC to Washington for the X1. This would allow 6001 to transfer to Percy Main as a spare for the Cobalts, 6002 to Riverside as a spare for the TEN services, 6003 as a spare for the TTX, and the rest to Deptford to provide additional capacity for the 20/35. This would allow for the withdrawal of two Presidents, and the DFDS Lolynes, with the B7s transferring to Percy Main, replacing 3866, 3867, 3880 and 3873. 3890/3891 would replace various Lolynes. The remaining ones would see use on the Pronto.
* 14 X Citaros to Riverside for the Toon Link services, directly replacing B10BLEs and the B7RLEs to the Pulse.
*16 X Citaros to Stanley and Chester le Street, replacing B10BLEs.
*16 X B5LH to Riverside for the Crusader. The Citaros would transfer to Stanley for use on the X70/X71 and Red Kite, with the Omnicities going to the 17, and to Deptford for there runs of the 9, replacing B10BLEs.
RE: 2014 GNE Bus Order Predictions