(11 Sep 2017, 8:42 pm)Adrian wrote Didn't Stagecoach drip feed their E400MMCs into service in Newcastle? I didn't see you calling that a shambles... maybe I missed your post?
Stagecoach did indeed place the E400MMCs into service over several weeks (with 10646 delayed beyond the rest of the batch). You wouldn’t have seen a post from me criticising Stagecoach for this, as Stagecoach hadn’t publicised a ‘launch’ date for a revamped service, hadn’t missed their own launch date by a week and hadn’t then failed to have even half of the PVR covered on the delayed launch.
Also, I don’t recall the Enviro400MMCs breaking down or having internal panelling falling off.
Stagecoach do plenty worthy of slating, however personally I don’t think the E400MMC introduction was badly handled.
(11 Sep 2017, 7:18 pm)S813 FVK wrote I don't think it is wrong and is probably a case of 1 person getting off the bus takes less time than it does for that particular announcement to play. It certainly isn't specific to the X9/X10.
Is the point of the audio announcement not to tell people which stop is approaching, not which stop they've just missed though?