(05 Sep 2014, 9:40 pm)RGR756V wrote Yeah, speculate on what vehicles may be purchased, but what you and others may not realise is that a few of my colleagues have a nosey on here and once they see remarks like that then the rumour mill starts again, and the morale levels dip again. A daily commute to Chester would be a long and expensive one for myself and, as I said, about 85% of my colleagues, and isn't an especially inviting proposition.You're always going to get a bit of that unless you moderate every source of media on the planet. The deregulated market is rife for coat cutting and penny pinching to maximise profit, and it's not as if GNE haven't gained a reputation for closing and merging depots in the past 20 years.
Anyway.....my thoughts is that the X1 would receive any new vehicle investment, with the resultant cascade of B9s being made to Crook for the Pronto, and Stanley for the old West Durham Swift services.
I work in a rumour mill myself at times, and it can be difficult, but people should really be able to understand the difference between discussion, predictions and reality.