(02 Jan 2016, 1:04 am)Michael wrote The Crusader on some runs are busy as out however i'm sure it was said a while that GNE want to avoid having 2 different types of buses a route.Hehe, aye I think they'll be staying put now. I still don't know whether or not the Streetdeck will be purchased for the X10. The Streetdeck could go either two of these ways being:
Like you said, having deckers on the route could help with metro replacement but come on Davey, we know that'll be every week so the full allocation can be deckers!
The TTX buses will probables be replaced soon so it doesnt end up like what happened to B7's.. loads of breakdowns etc.
I do hope we the Scania E400MMC in the NE.
Dont get me wrong Davey, i'm not disagreeing with you at all, i think you're right but just added stuff on.
- Proves to be a reliable (albeit a bit slow) workhorse on the X21 and more are subsequently ordered.
- Proves to be the worst deckers purchased since the Lolynes.
To be fair, 9119 although having a few teething issues with regards to the high performance setup needed for the TTX, hasn't actually performed too badly but the 2-3 year mark will tell whether or not they've proved themselves or turned out to be as bad as if not, worse than the Lolynes.
On another note, GNE would either have to upgrade the Crusader as a whole or stick with the Mercs and I think that they'll stick with the Mercs. I don't see the Coaster getting an upgrade at the moment and the same goes for the Stanley Network.
I think GNE have taken the decision to repaint them for now and wait until the next financial year (June) to see whether or not they're going to get newer stock before reapplying the Red Arrows livery but I personally don't think the Red Arrows will get anything now until at least 2018 for certain unless GNE need to shift more non DDA compliant deckers through OmniDekkas which I believe at the moment consists of 11x Lolynes and 8x Palatine IIs (7x of which can be replaced by the B7s from Crook which I'm led to believe are DDA compliant when the Streetdecks arrive).
Just going to sit back and see what happens now, no point in predicting. Only predicted with the Pronto what I thought was going to be a possibility but obviously cheaper to purchase 7x new deckers than what it would've been to purchase 16x new deckers despite the more widespead benefits.
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