(28 Oct 2017, 9:11 am)Dan wrote I'm doubtful the X24 will ever justify new buses, really.

My experiences of the X24 is always that 80% of the passengers are made up by concessions, and a fair proportion of the remaining passengers are made up of Network One pass use. Very few fare-paying passengers.

Reliability remains pitiful. I'm on 24003 at the moment - it went into limp mode and then cut out. Driver can't get it started. Now awaiting a vehicle changeover on Felling Bypass.

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To be fair id like to see some of the gas buses cascaded onto the X24, maybe if they could do a deal with Scania for 4/5 of the gas E400mmc's to operate on the 20 on either the same frequency or a slightly decreased frequency, releasing the current buses to the X24. It would also allow Sunderland to use the deckers for special events like the Airshow, Illuminations, Match days etc. But it would be nice to retain the leather seats from 24001-3 on 3 of the gas buses as they are a nice luxury for an express service.