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Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - March 2015

Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - March 2015

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RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - March 2015
(16 Mar 2015, 6:59 pm)aureolin wrote I think it's safe to say that the 2x Solars are ring fenced for the 4 though, as the depot would be snookered should any of the Citaros need to come off the road. MPD or Cadet are arguably unsuitable for the route, and the deckers simply can't be used. 

I might be a mile off here, but that leaves a spare ratio of about 9%? 2x single deck vehicles to cover 82/82A/85/86/88/88A. Usual PVRs are 7x Cadets, 4x MPD and 8x Versa?

Washington's spare vehicles on a Monday - Friday are made up as follows:
  • 3x Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President
  • 1x DAF SB120/Wright Cadet
  • 2x Scania L94UB/Wright Solar
  • 1x MPD

The PVRs at Washington on a Monday - Friday are made up as follows:
  • 19x double deck
  • 27x single deck / midibus
  • 4x minibus

As such, the spare vehicle percentage by vehicle size on a Monday - Friday is as follows:
  • 15.8% double deck
  • 11.1% single deck / midibus
  • 20% minibus
A PVR of 50 is covered by 57 vehicles in total, yielding a 14% spare vehicle percentage at Washington. More or less the average spare vehicle percentage for Go North East - and slightly higher than Stagecoach North East. Whether Washington would benefit from a lower double deck spare vehicle percentage in favour of a higher single deck spare vehicle percentage could be debated based on the fact only 8 of Washington's PVR of 27 for single deck routes can be allocated double deckers, but the extra double decks do come in handy for scholars.