(24 Jun 2014, 5:37 pm)Dan wrote I think most people (Go North East included - not just us enthusiasts) thought that the Volvo B9TLs would be successful on the Tyne Tees Xpress.
Indeed most members of the forum shot me down in flames when I was first sceptical about the Volvo B9TLs, and that must have been in under less than a year of their operation on the TTX? Now it's a completely different story, with most other people having doubts too...
Having a branded spare, Volvo B7TL 3963, was thought to have been enough at the time.
You could argue that GNE had the opportunity to purchase an additional spare vehicle in last year's orders, but I don't think they should have purchased an additional spare vehicle right from the start (after all, who could actually predict before they were first launched on the TTX that they'd be VOR so frequently?)
Do you have those posts?
Not disputing you by any means, but it would be interesting to see the comments from yourself and others from the time?