(17 Dec 2025, 11:40 am)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Tesco l Town Centre l Elwick l Dalton Piercy 516
via Burbank Street,West Park and High Tunstall
from Tesco via Green Street, Burbank Street, Mainsforth Terrace, Church Street, Church Square, Victoria Road,York Road, Park Road,Wooler Road, The
Parade, Park Avenue, Elwick Road, Egerton Road,West Park, Elwick Road, Elwick Village Green, North Lane, A19, Dalton Lodge, unclassified road, Dalton
Piercy.

I would think any route would be 
Transport Interchange, Church Square, Victoria Road, York Road, Blakelock Road ( for 6th form college ), Oxford Road, Catcote Road, Elwick Road, Egerton Road, West Park, Elwick Road, Elwick Village, A19, Dalton Piecy, Elwick Road then above back to the Interchange.  I would personally go up to Summerhill Visitor Centre as well since they is no service there but I can’t really see how else you can do the route otherwise if it it’s going to serve the 6th form college as well which if it don’t have a service from Elwick or Dalton anytime between 8:00 and 8:45 just makes it pointless.

(17 Dec 2025, 11:40 am)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Tesco l Town Centre l Elwick l Dalton Piercy 516
via Burbank Street,West Park and High Tunstall
from Tesco via Green Street, Burbank Street, Mainsforth Terrace, Church Street, Church Square, Victoria Road,York Road, Park Road,Wooler Road, The
Parade, Park Avenue, Elwick Road, Egerton Road,West Park, Elwick Road, Elwick Village Green, North Lane, A19, Dalton Lodge, unclassified road, Dalton
Piercy.

I would think any route would be 
Transport Interchange, Church Square, Victoria Road, York Road, Blakelock Road ( for 6th form college ), Oxford Road, Catcote Road, Elwick Road, Egerton Road, West Park, Elwick Road, Elwick Village, A19, Dalton Piecy, Elwick Road then above back to the Interchange.  I would personally go up to Summerhill Visitor Centre as well since they is no service there but I can’t really see how else you can do the route otherwise if it it’s going to serve the 6th form college as well which if it don’t have a service from Elwick or Dalton anytime between 8:00 and 8:45 just makes it pointless.

Surely it'll just be the 65, more frequent, but with a possible extension once a day to the sixth form college?

Any truth in Slatyford getting 6 EV’s for the 32/32A in and around February 2026? Apparently there’s talks of the full depot going fully electric in late 2026

(Yesterday, 12:09 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote Any truth in Slatyford getting 6 EV’s for the 32/32A in and around February 2026? Apparently there’s talks of the full depot going fully electric in late 2026

ive not heard anything but the 32/32A is up for tender anyways for march so if they did get new buses for 32s, it won't be until after they've fully claimed the new contract. and its not likely it will go to another operator, but the possibility is still there. 

also, they would need to buy enviro100s as the yutongs will not fit around jesmond vale. dont even think the smaller E10 varients would either

(11 hours ago)SN69 ZRC wrote ive not heard anything but the 32/32A is up for tender anyways for march so if they did get new buses for 32s, it won't be until after they've fully claimed the new contract. and its not likely it will go to another operator, but the possibility is still there. 

also, they would need to buy enviro100s as the yutongs will not fit around jesmond vale. dont even think the smaller E10 varients would either

The E9L might be a better option here. Would keep an all Yutong Fleet.

(11 hours ago)SN69 ZRC wrote ive not heard anything but the 32/32A is up for tender anyways for march so if they did get new buses for 32s, it won't be until after they've fully claimed the new contract. and its not likely it will go to another operator, but the possibility is still there. 

also, they would need to buy enviro100s as the yutongs will not fit around jesmond vale. dont even think the smaller E10 varients would either

They did almost lose it to Gateshead Central the last time it was up for tender but they couldn’t do it as they got the 35 at the same time they couldn’t guarantee they’d have enough drivers. 

Would the E100EV not be too small for them routes? The 32/32A can be very busy around peak times, during the day and weekends they’re very quiet but Monday to Friday mornings and evenings they get quite busy. Unless they just scrap the Jesmond Vale part of the route. The amount of times they have to use Warwick Street because of badly parked vehicles but also the back roads around Montagu Estate only E200’s can get around them.

I would like stockton gets some more EV400 or yutongs U11dd double deckers that be.good.

(10 hours ago)ReDemPTiion wrote They did almost lose it to Gateshead Central the last time it was up for tender but they couldn’t do it as they got the 35 at the same time they couldn’t guarantee they’d have enough drivers. 

Would the E100EV not be too small for them routes? The 32/32A can be very busy around peak times, during the day and weekends they’re very quiet but Monday to Friday mornings and evenings they get quite busy. Unless they just scrap the Jesmond Vale part of the route. The amount of times they have to use Warwick Street because of badly parked vehicles but also the back roads around Montagu Estate only E200’s can get around them.

can't see them scrapping the jesmond vale section either as its a vital service for the elderly residents living in jesmond vale house which is over 50s only anyways. my nana lives there and i know for a fine fact they'll all be up in arms if they had another bus service scrapped like they did with the arriva 6. 

if stagecoach did lose the 32s i doubt it'll be GCT cos of the 35s like you said (but then again, the 35s are also up for contract so GCT may decide they dont want to run that anymore). i highly doubt stagecoach will even lose the 32s myself but there is always the "what if" about it all. cos imagine they got new buses just for the 32 and it turns out the likes of GNE end up winning the contract. stagecoach then have new buses with zero use cos the 32s are the only stagecoach route that warrents the smaller buses.

and as for the E100s, they probably could get E200EV's if theres a smaller option to them but the only photos ive seen of 200EV's are the long based version but im also happy to be corrected on that.