(07 Aug 2024, 7:12 pm)Storx wrote To be fair the 10 probably wouldn't be much harder than the 21 they're quite similar really, bar the 2 runs to Hexham and hour they just potter around tootling through Ryton etc.Maybe, but a Volvo B9TL other than a flat out thrash between Station Road and Benfield Road, effectively floating along the rest of the way to North Shields through High Farm, Battle Hill, Hadrian Park, West Chirton and Meadowell at 20/30 mph is an easy way to burn cash. StreetDecks would be far more appropriate for the 307 & 309. The 309 ain't really a hard route either and is now getting rather congested around the Coast....again stop / start at the stops saving fuel with the StreetDeck.
Similar to the 21 in a way, with the extensions to Durham.
Mind that said if they were problematic you could just skip the 10 and displace them straight to the 51/52/57/93/94 and keep the B9's on the 10. They're pretty much on there daily anyway.
They probably warrant something better and it would be an easy life for them.
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