30 Dec 2021, 5:17 pm
#176
(30 Dec 2021, 12:08 pm)L469 YVK All Consett would need is 6336/37 (which they've got) plus 2-3 other Euro 6 deckers (don't need to be low height) as spares and that would then release 6338-40
we lost 6337 as that went to act as the spare bus for the X84/85.
We are gaining Under Euro 6 Buses such as the B5LH's and losing Streetdecks from 6302-7. probably gonna lose 6301. However i have seen on bustimes.org that we (Consett) may be keeping 3963, the Volvo B7TL Wright Gemini as it was caught doing the Red Kite Ranger 47 to Consett. However, this could of been a ticketer swap.
we will have lost all of our Charcoal spares.
6336 - Possibly to be a spare for the X10
6337 - Spare for the X84/85
6376 - Washington General Spare
6377 - Chester-Le-Street for the X21.
Would be ideal to have 6334 & 5 to trial on the Red Kite Ranger 47/47A or the X-Lines X45 & X46 or really just become a General Spare to see how they would run on the routes they were gonna be apart of in the original X-Lines Investment plan.
Consett could do with some ''New'' Spare buses like Optare Versas or 2005/6 Reg Geminis like 3963 if they were allocated onto the 16/16A or X5/X15. So that Euro 5 Buses can still work on longer whilst avoiding LEZ's Such as Newcastle's soon. But obviously its not gonna very easy to strategize for what depot get's what bus as Go North East have got to look at which Vehicles need to go where like the movement of 6942 the Ex GAL Plaxton President which can do the Odd 56 so it would need either moved or stay at Deptford but can't do the CityRider 56. Another example of the Scania Omnicitys which had to be moved to Riverside to replace the Euro 5 Wright Streetlites but then they will have to work out what buses can replace those Omnicitys when they are withdrawn along with the Omnidekkas by 2023 if that is still the plan.
i know i went off topic there but it is about how to plan vehicle movement's and what routes they are allowed on. It cant be that bus you want come to your depot as it would need Strict allocations so like the Euro 4 Voyager Scania N270UD OmniDekkas which will have to become a spare for the 26/50 as it will not be allowed to Enter Newcastle for free and it will have to be the route GNE takes to pay to have their Under Euro 6 Vehicles in Newcastle for about 10 Minutes or so for them to leave and then repeat that process when it comes back which will cost more. So thats why buses like the former Coaster B5LH's got took off the Coaster 1 and got replaced by the Daimler Euro 6 Streetlites as the B5's are Euro 5 and like i said the Streetlites are Euro 6. Its not that GNE don't like the bus on the route its that they need to prepare for the LEZ.
