(17 Oct 2021, 9:35 pm)Keeiajs wrote Wonder the spares for the 65, consider one has been off since the 4th Oct. really bad reliability, Crazy to think there is more Peterlee Purples Solo's at Deptford than Peterlee.
The 'on the morning' spare will be a fleet livery Solo.
For planned maintenance, Deptford will replace a branded Streetlite with a fleet livery Streetlite.
(18 Oct 2021, 12:52 am)peter wrote Why would these be sent for the 71 - they already have Solo's at Chester-le-Street for that. I imagine they might hold off on the Venture Solo's until the 71/730 contracts are sorted out. All the fleet livery Solo's have left Consett (except 638 though I imagine that will follow suit). They need two for the Venture and 1 for the 30/31. Say they keep 641-643 and 644 as a spare, if they repaint 645 but then win the 730 contract it would make sense to keep another Venture for that. And then 646 is VOR atm so that's not doing anything soon. I imagine when the DCC contracts get sorted out if they don't end up being needed a couple more SR's will go to Percy Main to replace the last 4 10-reg Solo's
Indeed.
There's a 3 PVR for Venture minibuses, with 1 PVR for Tynedale Links (service 689). The V3 and 689 both need to be minibuses, so two spares are carried. That accounts for the five Venture Solos at Consett. 646 is the only spare Venture Solo, and it's long-term VOR awaiting an engine.
As well as 638 being float/reserve at Consett, there's also five float/reserve Solo currently in use at Deptford (648 - 651) - two covering air con mods and three covering the former indiGo branded Solo repaints. These will be used to replace the oldest Solo at Percy Main.