(21 Jun 2014, 7:11 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote Why didn't GNE take the MMC out for a trial like what they're doing for the B5TL? I know I've been a bit hmm towards it but with the exception of the TTX, they'd be OK and for the TEN and Red Arrows, GNE could order the Scania / Cummins chassis rather than the ADL chassis to have a bit more power. I know that the MMC would be a good replacement for the Angel hybrids when they end up in the same state as the B7TL Gemini's.Because they only had it for about four hours.
It takes a day to fit a ticket machine, upload destination displays, check the vehicle over etc.
So because of this, management took it up to Winlaton and back from Riverside to test it on the hills. Clearly this is not a true representation of how heavy the vehicle would be if it had a full passenger load though, so you could expect a slightly different performance from it...