25 Jan 2019, 6:30 pm
#234
(25 Jan 2019, 6:11 pm)Michael Wonder if this confirms that the Red Arrow will be getting new buses?, really thought they would of gone before the Cobalt Clipper B9's.
Red Arrows could be going at a later time for all we know. But I'm highly suspicious that GNE would just send the Cobalt Clipper B9s to be tarted up unless GNE simply want to keep one foot ahead of Arriva despite the B9s needing nothing more than a lick of paint and maybe a deep clean.
A full refurb would allow GNE the perfect opportunity with the addition of 11 or 12 new orders to upgrade the Cobalt Clipper as well as reducing fuel costs. The reduction would allow GNE to run extra evening services or increase the PVR to improve reliability. On the other foot, the Castles Express would benefit from a more suitable vehicle.
