(31 Jan 2016, 11:30 pm)Ambassador wrote Disappointing to hear the majority feel the hybrids will stay on the 21.
Would have hoped the flagship money spinner route might get upgraded to plug sockets etc as opposed to 5 year old kit (and older considering the amount of B7s they throw on this route too)
Perhaps a refresh as the hybrids are looking as rough as hell, fraying seats, torn leather, leaking Windows.
They will certainly stay on there for at least another 18 months-2 years. Think it was mentioned elsewhere on here that the funding is for 5 years so come October 2017 the funding for 6056-70 will be finished meaning they could 'in-theory' move to another service. The question is what other route is there for them? I mean, Stagecoach's E400H can move off the 39/40 in the summer as they are five years old and they'll just get replaced by more(?) and cascaded to another service (22 anyone?). Same in 2018 when Arriva's B5s can be cascaded (Jimmi, think they'll sort the 64 out
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