(05 Jul 2020, 1:42 pm)Storx wrote Or you could just not upgrade the X84 and X85 to DD and use the Streetlites or something else which there's loads spare atm and save some money by getting nothing when there's massive uncertainty...?
Apart from the X6, X7 and 61 there's no need for extra Streetlites at Deptford your just withdrawing Mercs for no reason since there's nowhere else for them to go. There's way more Streetlites going spare from the Red Kite, Saltwell Park and one from the X66 than needed there; they need a home somewhere.
X84 / X85 - PVR -5
X21 - PVR -4
(The cut in new buses...)
Remember the 60 will likely to go back up to every 10 minutes, the streetlites spare from the service atm will be required again on the 60.
What is actually allocated to the 61 on a Monday to Friday? (Haven't been that way for a while)
Also wasn't it said that 5481 - 5487 would be one of the first set of Citaro's withdrawnonce the new buses arrive?
(05 Jul 2020, 1:21 pm)busmanT wrote Probably around £20k to £25k to convert to single doorway and bring up to GoNE standard - as the Go Ahead Group often have buses available for internal transfer, I'm not sure why they would consider getting them externally.
Overall "on the road" cost likely to be at least the same as the book value of a similarly aged vehicle in the fleet - the advantage with new buses is that you get a 2/3/4/5 year warranty, whereas with 7 year old ex London bus you get a vehicle that has units approaching the end of their useful life (buses used to slow moving traffic in London don't always perform well in the fast paced provinces).
Ah right, cheaper than i thought tbh, so really it wouldn't worth it.