(31 Jan 2023, 9:06 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Why?I think it does seem sensible and I get why.
21 is a high profile/flagship busy stopping service serving Central Newcastle, Central Gateshead, the also congested Durham Road corridor, plus Chester-le-St & Durham City Centre.
Again, seems sensible, no?
Its just a shame that its always Newcastle/Consett areas getting investment.
(31 Jan 2023, 9:04 pm)Dan wrote Why does GNE need a big vehicle order?Really a lot of the services which use 11/12/62/63 plate buses are quite busy services and should have gotten new buses with 15/16 plate ones soon after
They have been introducing (admittedly reasonably old) pre-owned buses from Go-Ahead London, which has contributed to reducing the average fleet age.
The average fleet age is currently 8yrs, though by the time all the buses from London arrive, it is likely to be around 7yrs. This, especially given the vast number of scholars services GNE operates, is probably around the industry average.
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like the X21/10/56/4/2/60, and then possibly 20/78/8 later.
I hope GNE will place a quite large order maybe 2024 so the Angel StreetDecks can displace the Hybrids for the 16/16A/X5/47 and possibly the 27.