(20 Jul 2016, 11:04 pm)biglugs@yahoo.com wrote 4x wright streetlites for 34,34A.
8302,03:to crook displacing 571,72
8304 to be set on route 38 as its a standalone service.
8305 joins simplicity allowing 8328 to replace 8266 on the s1 and give next stop announcements to shoppers.
6x solo sr "indigo" service 33,238.
681,82,83 33
684,85,86 238
From this 549,550,559,560,562,564 can be withdrawn.
5x solo sr washington 85,86.
From this 570 will be withdrawn
603 will replace 557 at Riverside.
604,05,06 replace 565,73,74 and will be spares for services they can be used on peak services.
9x new buses 9,19.
From this 4978-82 will move to Chester-le-Street allowing 4926,27,28,29,34 to move to Riverside
5248,49 to riverside
4912,15-17 withdrawn.
Riverside cascades will enable b10s to be withdrawn.
Service 82 will then get new buses
Don't even know where to start with this one.
The 34/34A really don't justify brand new buses, at all. They're the epitome of a service that receives cascaded stock, such as the Versas currently allocated. To be quite frank, the only time a vehicle the size of a Versa is necessary is during the busy periods that tend to come at peak times and the odd morning.
Why move 4978-4982 from Percy Main to Chester-le-Street when they only transferred into the former fairly recently?
Does the 82/82A need new buses? Priorities and all that.