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RE: Redcar depot
(Yesterday, 6:15 pm)busesofthenortheast wrote If they are gonna dump the oldest vehicles at Stockton then they might just dump the NW pulsars at Stockton & give Redcar the Streetlites who knows just have to wait & see what happens

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 Electrics to Darlington, Enviro 200MMC to Stockton, Streetlite to Redcar, Pulsar withdrawn rather than the original Electrics to Redcar, Pulsar (assume) withdrawn.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.
RE: Redcar depot
(Yesterday, 12:03 pm)Mark66t wrote Pulsar will be going to Redcar  I been told this  by more than one person  Streetlites are reaming at Stockton

Redcar lost the lites for a reason  so this rumour is definitely not true

(11 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 Electrics to Darlington, Enviro 200MMC to Stockton, Streetlite to Redcar, Pulsar withdrawn rather than the original Electrics to Redcar, Pulsar (assume) withdrawn.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.

Streetlites aren't going to Redcar  its been mentioned on a group chat tonight and it wasn't mentioned by spotters
RE: Redcar depot
(11 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 Electrics to Darlington, Enviro 200MMC to Stockton, Streetlite to Redcar, Pulsar withdrawn rather than the original Electrics to Redcar, Pulsar (assume) withdrawn.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.
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.
RE: Redcar depot
(7 hours ago)BRyland 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.

Be a nice upgrade for the 95  definitely  where the solo's carrying on  just lately 
Then send 2 for Redcar  for the 81 which again would be nicely suited  but let's see what happens
RE: Redcar depot
(11 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.
(7 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.
RE: Redcar depot
(8 hours ago)Mark66t wrote Streetlites aren't going to Redcar  its been mentioned on a group chat tonight and it wasn't mentioned by spotters

It’s really not up to group chats where buses go it’s up to commercial what they want to do with the buses so if they want to move the Streetlites to Redcar to make Stocktons fleet older then that’s the plan that commercial can do no one else it’s up to commercial