(05 Oct 2018, 9:57 pm)JM03 wrote I didn't know where to put this but i think this would be a good idea to change the bus fleets at Percy Main and Riverside depots
Riverside to Percy Main-
Q3 ops to be moved to percy main operating all day Monday to Saturdays and Sunday Daytimes (Sunday nights ops to remain at riverside). 33A to be extended to St peters basin at night and to interwork with the Q3. 67-69 versas also to transfer to percy main to be used on the 19. Versas can be used for backups on indigo services keeping corp solos on the needed routes (K3,W1/A,W2,333) so 1 backup solo. Vehicles to transfer-
5385,5387-5390,8306-8315,8328,9084
Percy Main to Riverside-
11 ops all day, everyday resulting in riverside getting a big fleet of omnicities. Solar eclipses to transfer to riverside to re-join other solars in the fleet and replace 67/69 versas. Vehicles to transfer-
4978-4982,5263-5274.

This will end up keeping all the percy main single-deck vehicles the same saving money by all parts being the same now but also adding extra capacity to the indigo services when needed like during Cobalt rush hour. This would also benefit Riverside as the 11 can stick with the blue arrows brand all day every day while and bring upgraded travel to the Green arrows on Sundays (probs be better getting up Lobley Hill bank too) but also saving money on parts with the solars staying at the main depots (Chester,Riverside and Deptford). This will also bring the oppotuinity to bring newer vehicles to the 67-69 earlier than expected as the solars are to be replaced sooner than expected as the solars to be replaced soon.

Interesting, I don't see much use in any of this though.

The eclipses at percy main are Volvo engines, not the same as the Solars which are Scanias.

Omnicities also are pretty worn out right now, they probably want some internal TLC given their age, not really much of an upgrade.

33 doesn't need extending, it wouldn't be used and would need nexus to support it to make it worth while.

Valid argument about peak time journeys needing more seat space, but it's not easy to do this when perhaps more space is only needed for 2 journeys a day.

I would say that next year will be interesting with the ability to bin most buses that are older than 55 plate with the solar council agreement ending in 2019. Maybe streetlites for 97, 93/94 and 35 with the best of the 54 plate solars being kept for spares and chester.

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