(01 Jan 2017, 12:34 pm)Dan indiGo East Durham - 12
Wear Xpress - 4
Nexus 168 - 1
There is no longer a dedicated spare bus for the Wear Xpress - in the event that a branded vehicle is unavailable for service, it should be covered by an indiGo branded Optare Solo until Deptford is able to provide Peterlee a bus.
5336 has been on loan to Peterlee since 29/12/2016, and 628 has also been on loan to Peterlee since 30/12/2016, for that purpose.
Although it's unlikely to happen; I personally would prefer to see two of Peterlee's "indiGo" branded Optare Solos to be exchanged with two of Percy Main's former "Nexus" branded Optare Solos, with these two undergoing repaint into the new corporate livery. This would reduce the need for Deptford to provide spare vehicles on the day as quickly as possible, and it would mean that Percy Main would have sufficient 'correct spec' vehicles to cover the PVR, with two of the older former "Nexus" branded examples being the spares.
Thought it was probably 4 - the X6 seems to take too long for them to get away with 3.
In an ideal situation, yes, it would be good to see the indiGo North Tyne services to have a full allocation with the same features. Either that or, once the changes are deemed to be successful, at least 2 of the ex-Nexus vehicles are fitted with WiFi with the possibility of Next Stop Announcement systems.
