26 Aug 2017, 12:09 am
#339
(25 Aug 2017, 11:52 pm)RBZ 5459 Services by such operators are not normal stage-carriage services or if they are, are more limited stop than the likes of X9/X10. Limited stop ones in particular will use a bus station, with a DDA coach only being able to use it's electric wheelchair lift at a select few bus stops safely, like bus stations. A low entrance vehicle like the new B8RLE Leopard would be the closest choice to a 'coach' with the current setup of the Tyne Tees Xpress services, or some other Interdecker like the Elite i, but that's quite an overkill and sizeable investment.
Another issue with using something like the Elite I would be length,as i imagine it would be abit of pain getting it in/out of Peterlee BS & Newcastle EQ,So if these was bought it would be more likely they would have to move some stops about,whilst the likes of Oxford Tube or NE do not have the problem (Unless they got NX permission to use the Coach Stn,but then people would possibly complain that the services have been moved to the bottom end of the City)
