(08 Apr 2015, 11:09 pm)markydh wrote It's really the 03 and 53 reg MANs that I would like to see replaced. They've been worked pretty hard for 12 years and a few are starting to really show their age. They really should be moving into reserve roles now. Yes, there are older buses around (all to be withdrawn by December). I will be watching next year's order very carefully. There won't be any Equality Act deadlines to meet...

Next year won`t they be focusing on getting all deckers DDA for the deadline (is it 2017 or 18 for deckers?) if rumors are true then north west & Manchester will have a number of Enviro 400s to be moved elsewere this year so maybe North East will get lucky & manage to get there hands on some of them?