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Go North East: 2015/16 Financial Year Order Predictions

Go North East: 2015/16 Financial Year Order Predictions

RE: Go North East: 2015/16 Financial Year Order Predictions
(22 May 2015, 10:25 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote The Pronto PVR in total is actually 7 because the X21 interworks with the X46. Therefore, the following could happen:

- 15 + 2 spare new deckers to Washington for Red Arrows.
- 6001 to 6007 to Crook alongside 3943 as a spare for Pronto Service X21.
- 6049 to Riverside for TTX spare primarily due to Tachograph.
- 6050 to Hexham and 6051 to Riverside as TEN spares.
- 6052 to Percy Main as Cobalt Clipper spare alongside 6117.
- 6053 to CLS as Angel spare alongside 3962.
- 6054 and 6055 to CLS and fitted with GKN mods for Angel to make up for PVR shortfall.
- 6084 remaining at Riverside but forming a permanent vehicle on the TEN and repainted / rebranded into TEN livery making up the PVR of 14 vehicles.

This then leaves:
- 3941, 3942, 3963, 3964, 3965

- 3941 would remain at Riverside as a Red Kite spare and last resort TEN spare. In total, Riverside would have 3 spare vehicles for a PVR of 12 B9TL routes (excluding X9 / X10 due to Tacho requirements) but 6049 would be summonsed if needed for the TTX.
- 3942 and 3963 transfer to Percy Main displacing 2x Northern Dennis Trident ELC Lolynes or Volvo B7TL Plaxton Presidents. These could be used on the scholars / Cobalt Clipper boards to keep an acceptable standard of vehicles during peak times (preferably the 16:40 and 17:40 309's from Haymarket). The 16:05 X39 from Cobalt to Newcastle and 16:10 309 from Newcastle to Blyth could be operated by some other suitable double deck vehicles or DDA compliant vehicles when the time comes due to fewer commuters at these times.
- 3964 and 3965 transfer to Percy Main displacing 2x non compliant DFDS Dennis Trident ELC Lolynes and work alongside 3890 and 3891.

The Pronto PVR is 6 not 7! The X46 is a position journey at the start or end of one or more of the 6 boards to get the vehicle from Durham to Crook or vice versa.

PVR is peak vehicle requirement (ie the maximum number of vehicles used on a route during the day) not how many buses are branded for a route.

RE: Go North East: 2015/16 Financial Year Order Predictions