(10 hours ago)Storx wrote Yeah, the other question is where are the E200MMC's going, maybe they could displace these Pulsars eventually?
I'm unsure whether there's a route at Stockton which could be ran by midibuses though, but maybe that could be the end goal ie. Electrics to Darlington, Enviro 200MMC to Stockton, Streetlite to Redcar, Pulsar withdrawn rather than the original Electrics to Redcar, Pulsar (assume) withdrawn.
Personally I do think they'll leave the North East though.
Not sure if the 7 to Yarm would still be suitable to use a smaller bus as it's been Solo/MPD worked in the past.
The only other one which comes to mind for possible use is Ashington for the 434 and the 415/460 on a Saturday.
Pretty much everything now needs something larger than those E200MMCs.
We're still over a year away yet from Darlington's new electrics arriving, so who knows what will be needed for what and where this time next year, most of the Tees Valley supported services are now supported into next year, unsure how DalesBus would work next year for Darlington if all the E200MMCs departed from there as electrics likely won't be suitable for range on those routes, unless they went back to using the 67 plate StreetLite's again.
(6 hours ago)Ryland wrote The mmcs might be good for the 95. And I'd they created another town service potentially between ruswarp and Sainsbury's via park and ride.
Then the 81 it's mostly down on the solos anyways.
95 is supposedly becoming a big bus working when the service changes occur next month, not really worth having an E200MMC for a service which requires 1 bus for most of the day, when a larger one will manage, reduces the chances of one ending up on the X93/X94 if nothing else.
