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(17 Sep 2016, 4:18 pm)Y935 ERG wrote I've heard more Streetlite's are due for Riverside.Rumour I heard suggested StreetLite's for the Blaydon Racers.
(17 Sep 2016, 4:40 pm)citaro5284 wrote Come on then, what you heard about the Angels then.....Well put it this way, from what I've heard, the moans about them will stop...
(17 Sep 2016, 5:14 pm)Malarkey wrote I heard that Go-Ahead as a whole are going to create a new company called "Go-Ahead Bus & Coach", in order to sell on old vehicles much like Ensign and Arriva do, they new side of the business will also be used for Vehicle Repaints/Refurbs so that Go-Ahead won't have to outsource to other companies such as Thorntons, Hants & Dorset Trims and Blackburn Bus & Coach to name a few.
In regards to new orders, my lips are remaining firmly sealed....I guess you'll just have to sit tight for now with your popcorn at the ready when at home on NEB, and armed with your Camera when down at Saltmeadows pitching a tent wanting first photos of the new vehicles.
(17 Sep 2016, 9:47 pm)L469 YVK wrote Will most likely end up on the Crusader. Certainly didn't think that they'd need replacing this early on unless GNE are trying to conserve them whilst also taking into account that a new order would be a fresh start with a better spare vehicle ratio.
(17 Sep 2016, 10:12 pm)Tom wrote Aye I would say Crusader too depending on passenger numbers and I would think the TEN would be upgraded soon too so the B9s could either go on the Coaster or Northerns.B9 on northerns? If it ain't over 13 years old and worn out, it ain't going near stanley's express or 6!
(17 Sep 2016, 10:14 pm)Jamie M wrote B9 on northerns? If it ain't over 13 years old and worn out, it ain't going near stanley's express or 6!
(17 Sep 2016, 11:01 pm)L469 YVK wrote I think they'll get B9s but from Washington come 2018/19 rather than the TEN.I always thought those B5LHs would end up at stanley because there's as many as northerns need, if not more. Not sure where else they'd go, but I still feel as if they're a decade too young to do this!
If the Coaster got buses of the TEN though, it would mean Percy Main only having 1x spare decker covering a PVR of 30 unless some B7 Geminis also got transferred including 1x to Deptford to release 6100 to Percy Main.
(17 Sep 2016, 11:04 pm)Jamie M wrote I always thought those B5LHs would end up at stanley because there's as many as northerns need, if not more. Not sure where else they'd go, but I still feel as if they're a decade too young to do this!Certainly wouldn't consider the rough terrain of
(17 Sep 2016, 11:01 pm)L469 YVK wrote I think they'll get B9s but from Washington come 2018/19 rather than the TEN.But, if Riverside / Hexham could hold on until 6043-48 are replaced (meaning a dedicated TTX spare) they could do this:
If the Coaster got buses of the TEN though, it would mean Percy Main only having 1x spare decker covering a PVR of 30 unless some B7 Geminis also got transferred including 1x to Deptford to release 6100 to Percy Main.
(17 Sep 2016, 11:06 pm)L469 YVK wrote Certainly wouldn't consider the rough terrain ofStanley and Consett aren't bad.. it's just the terrain towards it. I can imagine them crawling up whickham bank and just dying about 10 seconds into the trip.
Stanley, Consett and other outlying areas suitable for these at all. Will fit perfectly on the Crusader.
(17 Sep 2016, 4:33 pm)Jimmi wrote Rumour I heard suggested StreetLite's for the Blaydon Racers.
Heard an intresting one about the Angel Hybrids...
(18 Sep 2016, 8:05 am)S813 FVK wrote You can't not use a type of bus on a route just because the route goes up a hill...
I wouldn't have thought the B5s could come off the angel until at least September 2017 anyway, given that they are 62 reg?
(18 Sep 2016, 8:08 am)Jimmi wrote A theory I have for B9's is, the examples currently used on the Ten will remain on the Ten's however I think that three (or whatever number is needed to fulfil the current PVR) of the B9's off the TTX will become branded for the Ten, unsure what you'd do with the remaining examples, possibly spares for Riverside and/or Washington. Goodness knows what you'd get for the X9/X10, StreetDeck's?
(18 Sep 2016, 10:18 am)L469 YVK wrote I think the TTX Geminis will go spare. Had a thought about them going on the X30/X31 but given some other potential single decker cascades this year, I don't see why the Omnicities would need cascading.The stanley expresses should be the same brand with the 6 inclusive. Especially since they cut down the X30/X31 route. The toon link idea never struck me as a good one. They share the same vehicles at some point on the timetables so is odd to keep them separate brands.
I think out of all the B9 routes that it will be the Cobalt Clippers getting StreetDecks. GNE weren't going to fit them GKN mods for no reason and at the time of ordering, there were no suitable lightweight alternatives bar the Enviro 400 (no relationship between GNE and ADL).
But looking at the StreetDeck, the amount of fuel saved in terms of Percy Main's cost base would mean that if B9s went on the Coaster, the cost base taking the fuel savings into account would be the same if not, marginally higher compared to currently taking into account the extra capacity plus potential growth that the B9s would generate on the Coaster.
