(11 Apr 2020, 2:18 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Is there a particular reason why the StreetDecks are split up as they are (ie. 1A getting Xlines, 26/27 getting Angel etc.), or were they just allocated randomly?
I'd imagine 26/27 is more stop start than the 1A so the Angels may be more efficient?
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More so due to how they've been allocated from the start.
26/27 has a few peak-time journeys which need double-deck for social distancing, so they were given the "spare" Angels as soon as Chester-le-Street was mothballed.
As of today, there's no need for any Xlines Streetdeck (due to the changes to the 21/X21), so those Streetdeck have been re-deployed to the 1A. On paper it's 6331 - 6333 plus one of the older ones (so the ones which aren't stop/start, and the ones which are less reliable, are only on schools/works services), but I'd be amazed if that's adhered to.