(06 Sep 2015, 7:31 pm)Dan wrote Equally, I can't see the sense in increasing the spare vehicle percentage at South Shields if additional spare vehicles are not required?South Shields have finally received 19641 - 19646 for the increased X34 service. I spoke with colleagues today and it was said the spare E400 would be used to fit the E400 into the docking cycle so there is a chance there will be an E400 at least once a week. In the instance that all 6 are available for service it was said that the 6th bus will indeed stay in the depot and will be available for the X34 only if the service starts to operate late. This was the case when 19194/6/7 were still X34 buses and we had an extra E400
It would make sense in my eyes to have two spare ADL Enviro400s replacing two spare ADL Enviro300s on the 'E' group of services (27723/24), with these in turn replacing the aforementioned MAN E200 and ALX300..? We see Arriva and Go North East replacing single-deck spares with double-deck spares regularly, so I can't see why Stagecoach couldn't do this.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2015