(12 Mar 2016, 9:45 am)Michael wrote Wasn't it said before that they won't interwork because the 47 doesn't have plugs etc?I understand that the 47 won't interwork now due to the lack of extras that the 45/46 Streetlites include. However, if they did decide to interwork them further down the line, then what could GNE do to either?
- Avoid mixed saloon allocations
- Avoid diluting the brand
Only viable option unless the 45/46 benefited from substantial growth, would be to order 4x more Streetlites to the same specification meaning a capacity reduction on the 47, in turn of a better and more reliable service thus reducing the need for deckers. Then the 4x deckers currently used for the 47 would simply end up being transferred to Chester Le Street to replace the 2x B7s allocated to the Angel (unless the frequency drops on that service to every 10 minutes but I don't think it will) with the other 2x acting as corporate spares for the Angel.
Can't make any solid judgements yet though as they won't be interworked anytime soon (well the 47 for that matter).