(21 Apr 2017, 11:15 am)Dan wrote It's not very popular with the elderly passengers (who make up 95% of the usual clientele on the X24) by what I heard this morning.

First one of the day after 09:30, and I heard quite a few moans about the steps... You wouldn't think they were getting on for free...

One passenger also pointed out how the arse-end of the coach was sticking out and blocking the road, when it pulled into a bus stop.

I'd definitely say that the Omnilinks are more suited to the X24 (even if there is one or more absent on a daily basis!)

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Think this is in part why the Arriva X66 and to a point the 685 became no longer operated by coaches as the elderly and disabled weren't happy with the lack of easy access on them, X66 especially faced a major backlash from various parties over accessibility problems.

Mind saying all this, the pensioners would still moan about a low floor bus turning up on the X66 (Dart or Prestige normally).

I think the gas buses would be an ideal full time allocation for the X24 or possibly some new Enviro200 MMC's.