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At least 6 of the short E200s are now staying as there's not enough Kites for the minibus requirements at Darlington now - coupled to the 18 not being able to use them due to the Railway Bridge in Albert Hill (the only one of the revised TVCA-funded services that will use the Kites once they...

There is also 10 E200MMCs undergoing delivery for Darlington presently - no route has been mentioned as where these will be used but they should be in use soon-ish.

From someone from the North East, I can confirm 80295 is still at Stockton - and will be until Stockton gain a replacement for it.

Yes, 80295 is still with North East at Stockton - and will remain so until Stockton can be given a second permeant electric decker (presumably another Yutong to match the rest of the fleet).

Yes - Stagecoach's 12 awarded contracts totalled more than £5million threshold allowed until the Procurement Act 2023.

I'm hearing the 16 in its current form is cancelled - also mentions of evening and Sunday journeys to Mowden on the current 17. The 10 and X86 were tendered as one contract by the TVCA - Arriva won it technically by default as Stagecoach had already won too many contracts in money terms.

The 18 isn't earmarked for any of the present fleet of Kites - only the 3/4/9/10/13/19 are. As I understand, the current 16/17/18 may look entirely different from the end of September with the new contract. As for the date of entry into service - sometime in September is noted for the Kites...

Judging by dates I've been given, Darlington will get their Kites into service before Durham's BYDs so it may be Christmas before the E400MMCs due to move to Darlington to replace 7516/8/9/20/21 (7518 is already withdrawn due to engine failure) land. No further deckers are due to be displaced...

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And Stockton today - covering for Compass' 392 which of course has been working for Fourways this week.

Yes - all 28 E200MMCs on order for the North East are the 11.8m 6 cylinder model, already used in the area by Stagecoach.

Redcar are due 18 E200MMCs later this year for the interworking cycle of services 63 (Redcar to Middlesbrough via Eston), 64 (Middlesbrough to Grangetown via South Bank and Eston) and 65 (Middlesbrough to Lingdale via South Bank, Eston, Bankfields, Flatts Lane and Guisborough) which is likely to...

The PVR increase on the 9/10/13 cycle is just 1 (the extended section of the 10 is an hour from Asda back to Asda), meaning the use of one of the short Streetlites will be used. As the extension is also funded by the TVCA, it means all boards on those services have to be run. ------- And on the...

Darlington have regained 1594 from Ashington - every Durham County Depot currently have one vehicle on-loan at Ashington due to the well-known issues up there in terms of their lack of decent maintenance of their fleet in recent years. Each is then swapped over when their 28 day inspection is...

It is - swapped for 1594 on Sunday.