(26 Oct 2024, 6:25 am)L469 YVK wrote But how comes we don't hear anything about Washington's StreetDecks which are the same batch as 6356-63?
Also with the exception of the X21 which I've argued enough about in the past, the 21 is no harder than any of the Blyth work that Arriva uses DB300's on. The 21 and 308 also both had Volvo B5LH's allocated at one point too!
Must be an engineering issue, not necessarily the staff's fault though!
Not sure what the DB300 has to do with anything they're two completely different vehicles.
It's like comparing a Volvo B9 and Volvo B5 and the second one is a pile of crap compared to the first aswell.
Both of them imo went for a market which is absolutely hopeless outside pottering around cities and neither were interested by London operators either. Admit the Streetdeck done a bit better than the B5TL though.
ADL were the real winner though their buses are everywhere nowadays. 5L engines with a turbos is hopeless for interurban work imo and the hybrids were absolutely useless on both aswell.