(24 Nov 2013, 10:11 pm)Dan wrote Further to the points I raised above...
Which vehicles would operate the service?
As you're reducing the frequency of the X1, you've got free B9s.
As you're reducing the frequency of the 2A/2C, you've got free Citaros.
As you're (presumably) cutting the X3/X36, you've got a mixture of free Northern vehicles which add up to the PVR (including 36/36A).
There's no guarantee that the service would immediately justify B9s/Citaros, but then passengers on the Chester Rd corridor would not have the Citaros they have at present if you gave them shoddy old Northerns...
X2 would use the B9's, Citaros could go on the Laser to free up More Solars to replace older Vehicles and then the Northern Mixture could be used on anything as they are Currently and the 36/36A would operate as a Stand Alone Service with no Interworking with the X36 as it would be Axed as a Result of the Above.