(05 May 2024, 8:46 am)Andreos1 wrote I've said something similar previously.
The X1 (now X12) and the X10 did just that.
Hard slog up and down the A19, followed by recovery on the slower and easier X1.
Presumably, operators don't believe in interworking like they did previously.
However, they do seem to prefer slogging a vehicle to death rather than making the interworking a feasible alternative.
It's ironic that the operators laziness, sees them kill their vehicles. Whereas the exact opposite, would surely prolong the reliability of them.
Having a uniformed fleet doesn't fix reliability though.
In your example, is it that the “slower and easier X1” aided recovery after a hard slog on the A19, or is it that heavier weight buses were used back then which were better suited (and modern stock just isn’t cut out for the work that operators use them on, but there is no alternative)?
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