(26 Apr 2025, 9:53 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote Anyone fancy buying an open top bus? £16k toon tour branded?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226692410922?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=qxUCSaaETwi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=korihdcur4y&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

You’d have to pay me £16k to sit in those seats…

Daft question.....why doesn't 6338-40 have bike racks installed to bring them in line with the rest of the E400MMC's?

How much would it cost to retrofit given that 6336-37 had the retrofit done?

6356 and 6956 both on the hard shoulder of the A1, northbound between Durham and Chester. 

Maybe a mile, 2 miles apart from each other.

6353 expired at Gateshead on a boro bound X10

6317 was pulled off the 21 to operate in its place whilst 6377…stays on the 2

Question......but are 6308-14 and 6356-63 that badly goosed now? Or could they have a second chance with some heavy TLC if taken off the road?

How did 6356-63 perform during their initial use on the X45/X46?

(Yesterday, 6:45 pm)L469 YVK wrote Question......but are 6308-14 and 6356-63 that badly goosed now? Or could they have a second chance with some heavy TLC  if taken off the road?

How did 6356-63 perform during their initial use on the X45/X46?

The biggest problem with them is they're on the wrong work. The Streetdeck and B5TL were designed for stuff like the Stagecoach Newcastle urban routes where they'd be ideal - but they're not. The 5L engine, is never going to be good on long distance stuff with 70 mph running in parts or hills.

The X20, in particular, is a stupid route for them to be on after they were wrecked on the X10. It's no wonder they're absolutely useless at Deptford - not sure who signed that off personally.

It's why the B5's need to leave the region imo as there's nowhere useful for them as they're a microfleet and a microfleet which offers nothing useful for anywhere.