(03 Sep 2017, 10:32 pm)Ambassador wrote Be interesting to see how many they'd order for the 21, indeed if it would even stay as Angel. The use of Castles Express on Sundays means they can now fully concentrate on needed capacity vs express service table gimmicks if they order new. No idea what I'd order for it. Heavy loads, stop start, high intensity work. Tough one to cater for and track record proves GNE have nevr got it quite right, disastrously wrong on occasion.
A weird brand is the Angel. Nice looking and fits well over its 3 incarnations (temporary red, inexplicable pink and now bus grant green) but never really taken on by its passengers in the way Red Arrows or even Fab 56 has. Even on their own Facebook and twitter replies they call it the 21, they barely use the Angel brand. I like the idea of bringing back 'the twenty one' brand.
If the Angel got new buses (presumably Streetdecks / B5TLs) but with no power sockets, would GNE be better off by:
- Ordering 2x spares
Or
- Ordering 4x for the Red Kite (to the same spec as Streetlites) and sending 6118-21 to Chester Le Street / Crook as spares
How much extra BSOG payments would GNE get for the decker boards on the Red Kite plus any Sunday decker work from Stanley that are normally allocated Omnidekkas or B9TLs?