(02 Jun 2020, 10:31 pm)L469 YVK wrote Yeah, would make sense 6341-55 being assigned to the E400MMCs. 

In terms of the Washington & Consett spares, would it not make more sense (if my plan was correct which it probably isn't) having 2x low height double deckers at Consett if B9TLs were to become available as spares with a B9TL going to Washington as the X1 spare instead?

Will be interesting to see what happens. GNE are in a position due to Covid19 where although at least they're getting the planned investment to an extent, they've got to maximise the resources they have at hand. I'd imagine further resources will become available over time with some routes such as the 21 potentially facing slight reductions in frequency going from every 7-8 mins to every 10 mins etc.

GNE tend not to have two allocated spares for that level of PVR. X1 has one spare allocated for a PVR of 14. I'd say they were more likely to have at least a StreetDeck as spare for the rest of their allocations

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(02 Jun 2020, 11:00 pm)streetdeckfan wrote It doesn't make sense to me why they'd choose to keep the older StreetDecks on the X21 and not distribute them around as spares, I get that they're really not that old, but on a route that long would it not make sense to keep it up to date with the most efficient vehicles like they do with the X9/X10?

Maybe in hindsight they'd have done that given the changes which have now come in, but they're unlikely to respray the same bus twice within a year because plans have changed. Especially given the current scenario.

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