(17 Oct 2020, 9:09 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Totally agree! It looks horrendous.
It honestly looked better before they reupholstered the seats.
All it's done is make the flaking paintwork, rust and worn out floors stand out even more

Yeah agreed (for once). It's just the little things that stand out to me, not painting the blue under the seats which is rusty, not painting the grab rails etc. Definitely a downgrade from the Mercedes imo.

(17 Oct 2020, 9:35 pm)deanmachine wrote Oh god, it's like facebook all over again.

I don't use Facebook for this so guessing similar comments on there.

(17 Oct 2020, 10:23 pm)Ambassador wrote It’s a capacity upgrade which is a positive if not a bit of a token gesture.

I guess GNE don’t see much point investing heavily In the Crusader, I’d assume it’s not hugely profitable (especially once Metro gets new stock in 3 years which will draw traffic away).

Is it a capacity upgrade though? It used to be every 10 minutes in 2018 but now it's every 15 minutes. I can't imagine there being too much of a difference between 6x Citaros vs 4x B9TL's. Dangerous move that imo, surely the opposite approach would be wiser get the impression around that the bus is the better option to travel and try and give a Metro vs Bus decision for people. If the Metro becomes more reliable, it's more frequent and has new trains on vs battered buses and less frequent it's not a hard decision. That not hugely profitable bus route will very quickly become unprofitable.