(19 May 2016, 9:43 pm)L469 YVK wrote This is the exact reason why I suggested for the Red Arrows to get an upgrade last year so that minus 7 for the Pronto, then Riverside would've ended up with the following:
- 6049 (T), 6050, 6051 plus 1x B7 based at Hexham and 3x based at Riverside.
This would've then meant that up to 3x non TTX branded tachographed vehicles being on that route at any one point.
Example:
TTX VOR1 = 6049 (T)
TTX VOR2 = 6084 (T) corporate livery but primarily for the TEN; with 6050 taking 6084's place on the TEN
TTX VOR 3 = 6071 (T) repainted into corporate livery but primarily for the TEN; with 6051 taking 6071's place on the TEN
The three last resort vehicles at Riverside after this would've consisted off 3941 or 42 (one based at Hexham), 3963 and 3964 after all of the 3x tachographed B9s have been deployed.
No matter how many spares the depot has, the majority TTX route is so far away that a breakdown will always result in missed journies as it takes so long for the replacement vehicle to get there.
I think moving the operation, at least in part, to Peterlee would allow quicker recovery from breakdowns.