(16 May 2022, 6:05 pm)Unber43 wrote The Connection 4 PVR would go down to 9 with 2 branded Spares
X30/X31 - Would be a PVR of 3
X71/X72 - Would be a PVR of 4.
however I think they would interwork with the X30/X31 making a PVR of around 8. If I am right (I am not sure) that would leave about 6 spare.
Where are those 6 gonna go. They can't go on the X21, there isn't enough unless the X71 & X72 could some how work standlone, giving a extra PVR spare. For X21.
But with the X45 (going every 30 mins bad move imo) that will only be a PVR of 4, maybe 5 with 15 mins layovers at each end. Which means 3 can be spared.
If those 3 can go onto the X1 you could see a potential Seaham extension, you could even put that through Doxford Park from Houghton via A19 to Dalton park to Seaham, or just the normal way with an extension to seaham every 1 hour.
God knows how they're going to do the 1 PVR increase. It should only be 1 or two.
Looking at the times I reckon the X45 and X71/72 could interwork with a PVR of 9 and the X30/X31 will interwork with a PVR of 3 like you say. I reckon that those services would all use the E400 MMC's freeing up the Streetdecks completely.
The 1 extension would only need 1 bus so probably 5469. The 4 like you say frees up two Citaro's for spares. The 35 and 61 would both lose a Citaro each and the 78 would lose a Streetlite. The 67 would need 1 Versa, losing 3. And then obviously the 25/28 will save 10 Versa, the 55 4 Citaro's and several Solo's.