(01 Sep 2014, 2:14 pm)Dan wrote Assuming they're only doing the only doing the morning or afternoon for the services you mentioned, they'd need at least five (four plus one spare).
If no further vehicles arrive, or indeed if just one more arrives, I'd suggest that Go North East may have been awarded the contracts instead.
Should be two orange ones I understand, from Webberbus. That would give them four.
EDIT: From the services they've registered, I reckon they only need 3 deckers...
// Morning
877 0800 Lead Road Greenside > Thorp Academy Ryton 0830
542 0735 Low Simonside > Boldon Asda 0812
803 0820 West Boldon Bank Top > Whitburn C of E School 0845
878 0805 Kirkwood Gardens Wardley > Cardinal Hume School Wrekenton 0835
// Afternoon
821 1505 St Josephs RC Hebburn > Durham Drive Fellgate 1530
824 1505 St Josephs RC Hebburn > South Shields Market 1540
874 1520 Lord Lawson Comp Birtley > Kibblesworth Square 1556