(06 May 2015, 4:41 pm)mb134 wrote In my opinion, covering old ground here but, they would have been far better off using 7514-21, if they didn't want to buy new vehicles.
I know, for example, that as soon as I pass my driving test and save enough for a car, I won't be using the service. Though that may seem obvious, prior to this academic year, I liked getting the bus to school, added an element of adventure, now it's adding an element of wondering when I'm going to get there.
The only time I get excited now is if an Omnicity is going to turn up, or if I get one of the two (7523/4) that actually have all the promised features working.
I would have done the following to work around refurb and new buses on X21/X22
- Refurbish 7514-21 for Sapphire work, buy 9 new buses.
- Refurbish 7501-7507 standard Arriva spec for 35/35A/100, cancel StreetLites.
- 7 new buses for X14/X15
- 5 new buses for X18
- Remaining E400s would displace the ALX400s