(02 Sep 2024, 12:57 pm)Ambassador wrote 21 allocation looks as expected. 7 Streetdecks vs the PVR of 18 with Tyne Valley Tens, Crusaders and London cast offs making up the restWhat on Earth is happening at Riverside?
One of the Angels is looping around on the 94 and a handful are on the X21 too.
Too many vehicles and not enough engineering staff?
Washy seem to do a good job keeping their StreetDecks on the X1. Arriva Northumbria Blyth who effectively operate the predecessor to the StreetDeck (DB300) keep their 15 and 13 year old examples ticking by, arguably on tougher work.
StreetDecks should not be struggling on the likes of the 21, which is arguably no more difficult than Arriva's 308 between Durham and Newcastle.
Maybe Riverside need to drop some routes! 10A extended to Consett in place of the 47 with Consett picking up some boards (if they didn't have to interwork it with the short 10A or 10/10B)? Or.....X21 moved to Consett and crewed out of the Stanley bait room, doing remote reliefs at Chester Le Street? Washington could also be an alternative depending how much room & resource they have.