(30 May 2020, 7:08 pm)peter wrote With the X20 still being branded X-Lines on the GNE site I think the 6 solo's will presumably remain allocated for the time being. Looking across the board at the service changes from June I got that the new daytime requirement for the 49/49a was 7 vehicle's which alongside the current dedicated spare leaves 3 available Streetlites - personally I think it'll be three Streetlites that make their way onto the X6/7. If my own PVR calculations are correct then 8 Mercedes Citaro's are being freed up across the fleet and as such I predict that these will make their way onto the 35 displacing the Solars for the time being. Not long to wait until we see what will end up being allocated lol
Ye but i'm surprised the X20 isn't down for bigger buses because of the current crisis for the time-being.
I doubt we will see the Solars back in service now.. shame
.The 56 and 60 also have spare buses for the time-being so those buses can be classed as spares at Deptford so the above could well happen
(30 May 2020, 7:14 pm)L469 YVK wrote If the final number is 22 and the X21 is going back to half hourly, this is what could be done out of the 48 availble:
- 6341-48 for X21 (8x)
- 6349-57 for X47/X70/X71 (9x)
- 6358-6362 for X31/X45/X46 (5x)
- 6326-6333 for X31/X45/X46 (8x)
- 6315-6325 for 21 (11x)
- 6301-6304 for 21 (4x) *6304 would need to go back corporate
- 6305/6306/6307 Chester Le Street spares
- 1x of the best of 6043-48 to Percy Main as last resort spare for Cobalts (17x are branded for Cobalts but only 16x required). 6099 & 6100 to Consett as spares. Would leave 2x B9s and 2x B5s between Riverside and Hexham as spares for TVT & TTX.
Don't know what will happen with the X5/X15. Perhaps some ex Red Arrows B9s refurbished?
That's what a few of us has suggested... seems like that might happen because the Red Arrow B9's have to be on a Newcastle service due to the Euro 6 upgrade although the X5/X15 don't go to Newcastle haha