(09 Aug 2014, 6:02 pm)aureolin wrote Yup, way before! As much as DB would like it to be true, it was probably just down different circumstances at the time. The B7TL in original Gemini bodywork would have also been more than suitable for most services, but if they forked out for a load of them, we would have more than likely not seen the investment in Citaros during the same period.
Shame we can't have a bottomless pit of money.
Ok, I'll backtrack on my second point as back then, GNE also favoured single deckers as opposed to double deckers to create growth until services are bursting to the point where double deckers are needed whether new (TEN, Red Arrows) or swapped around then later new (Coaster to Angel, Myllenyums, Presidents then B5LH'S). But my first point still stands though.