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Here’s 305 on Carrington Street, Nottingham, with a 5 on 17.10.24

 

So, it’s been confirmed that the Enviro 200 MMCs are being sold from NCT’s fleet, likely to Carousel, when they are replaced by the next batch of Yutongs. They’ve lasted for just over five years and even at the time it was clear they were pretty much a stopgap order to see off things like the last original Solos and Omnitowns. I suppose in a way you could draw parallels with the Versas in that they didn’t stay with NCT for very long.

 

It does make me wonder, however, that if NCT are getting rid of all the Solo SRs too, what’s replacing the spare bus fleet and the 53/54s? Because I’m pretty sure there aren’t enough Yutong E10s in this year’s batch to cover the Bridgfords, navy 3/48, yellow 70/71 AND all the silver buses. Even now Trent Bridge are facing a shortage with fifteen silver Solo SRs and two Enviro 200 MMC spares at their disposal.

 

In which case is there going to be another batch of E10s which are all spare buses, or are the remaining Optare Solo SRs to be kept after all?

 

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