(08 Apr 2015, 8:10 pm)AIG20 wrote I assume the main reason why South Shields is getting new vehicles is so that they can upgrade services 10/11/30 to Euro 5 when the contract with Nexus is renewed, and this will also allow services 17/18 to be allocated one vehicle type, instead of a mixture of vehicles - as service 17/18 is currently operated by MAN E200s, Pointer Darts, and MAN ALX300s (if they are not being used on services X34, X20 and the "E"s).
don't think the pvr for 17/18 and 10/11/30 is 19 though is it. But again what I am saying is the MAN batch are just 58 reg except for 39702 which is 09 reg, do they need replaced so soon, when other depots are in greater need. I don't think so