(10 Aug 2016, 4:18 pm)L469 YVK wrote This isn't an order prediction as such Dan but if the need arose for cascades and there was a good business case to do so (extra fuel savings, right traffic conditions etc), do you think GNE would end up replacing the B9s on the Cobalts or Fab 56 with Streetdecks in the near future? Not that I'd want them to go BTW but I'd imagine the fuel saving potential would be good on these types of routes.
I can't see that happening any time soon, really.
There are other double-decker routes which would benefit from an upgrade first. By no means a suggestion that it'll happen, but the TEN is currently running at a PVR of 16 with just 13 branded vehicles. The current situation isn't ideal, but it's about designing changes which are right for both the business and customers. Investing into this route would mean that 16 branded vehicles could be ordered with two spares. The TEN is a high-profile route, which has proven to be worthy of upgrades time after time.