RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - March 2016
(17 Mar 2016, 4:09 pm)DanPicken wrote Did you ride it?
I had a brief ride of it - same journey I did on the Volvo B8RLE demonstrator (Stadium of Light Metro to Houghton-le-Spring). Probably not the best journey to truly test its performance, but I'd timed it around finishing work and getting a photo with the sun behind me.
From an enthusiast point of view, the ride was pretty dull. It felt very much like a long Solo, but with a bit less power.
From a passenger point of view, hit all the right boxes. Was comfortable, there was relatively few rattles, and it managed to stick to the timetable. Downside was the fact that there was only one wheelchair bay (which was occupied by a pushchair on my journey), meaning that two buggies got left behind at the bus stop.
(17 Mar 2016, 4:09 pm)DanPicken wrote Deptford broke it...
No they didn't. It was regulated to get the bus back on-time.
It was out in service yesterday but removed because the driver did not know how to find the X20 destination. Again, troublesome Mobitec destination coming into play.