(15 Jul 2017, 10:31 pm)Malarkey wrote http://www.buscms.com/BrightonBuses2016/...ageid=1417

Very attractive fares! Must be filling them deckers of theirs and are now able to justify new ones.

(15 Jul 2017, 10:35 pm)Adrian wrote B&H have approx. 35 new Streetdecks arriving. Predominantly for the 7 and 49, with some extras for the 12. The ones for the 7 and 49 will be replacing 2011/12 B9TLs, which will be up for cascade elsewhere in the fleet.

If Go Ahead as a parent company can shift a few assets from one opco to another, to replace older assets that are currently being sweated beyond their economical life (e.g. 2000/01 Presidents), then I would say that is good business sense. It is not too dissimilar from Stagecoach seem to operate?

The question was about why the vehicles are now suited to NE ops as opposed to Brighton.
If they're good enough for the North East, then surely they're good enough for Brighton?

Whilst I get why assets are shifted about (at a cost), the regular acquiring of second hand deckers (which has gone on for years and shows no sign of abating) indicates to me that something is up with operations here in the North East and it isn't just roadwork's or the economy (as is the excuses provided to shareholders).
I appreciate passengers can't just appear with a click of a finger, but why aren't numbers growing? Why aren't we seeing 35x new Streetdecks appearing? Why do we see a constant supply of second hand vehicles? Whilst a sister company is displacing 6 year old vehicles on to secondary routes.