(07 Aug 2024, 4:57 pm)L469 YVK wrote The X21 has never had a stable allocation of vehicles or a good track record with vehicle reliability
- Ex London presidents
- Gen 1 StreetDecks with Gen 2's later thrown in
- Volvo B5TL
- Gen 3 StreetDecks
GNE when the 21 eventually receives EV's need to put aside some of the Angel StreetDecks as spares. But no doubt that if Percy Main ended up with ex Angel StreetDecks on the 307 & 309, the current B9TL's on there would probably do a canny little job on the X21 given their relatively easy lives at Percy Main.
Other option as I've said many times before.....sort the low height issue out on the X30/X70 group of services and actually allocate vehicles that can handle 60+ mile round trips! And it's definitely do-able!
Personally can't see them splitting them up, better keeping them in the same place.
If I had to make predictions I'd say:
21: New Buses
10/10A/10B/12: Ex Angel Streetdeck's
51/52/93/94 B9's: Ex Ten B9's
59/60 Plate B9's: Withdraw 07/57/08 Buses