(16 Oct 2015, 9:25 am)Jimmi wrote Curious about this, they are saying that the buses for the 6 will be newer than the vehicles they are replacing, but the Omnideckkas are older than the Citaro's currently used on Diamond's. Just totally throwing it out there but I think either the people who run the GNE Facebook page have either been fed false information or there may actually be cascades for the 6/X70/X71, and if there is, the fact that the timetables have a picture of a B9 on them makes me wonder, what do we think the possibility is that Davey has gotten his wish of new buses for the X1 (or another B9 route although I think the X1 is the most likely) with the B9's being cascaded to another route, possibly at least some for the 6/X70/X71. Obviously Omnideckkas would have to be used for the moment but I think the Red Arrows B9s could maybe find their way onto these routes in the near future. This is purely just wild speculation from me and I am probably over thinking this so chances are it won't be true, but it could be?
I think it will be the Cobalt Clipper getting Streetdecks with 10x B9s going to Stanley and 7x B9s going to Crook. Will be sorry to see the B9s go on either route but I hope it's the Cobalt Clipper as neither routes need such power unlike the X21, X70 / X71. Bear in mind that 6104 would have to ve swapped with a Deptford B9 that hasn't yet been modified