(07 Oct 2017, 4:39 pm)L469 YVK wrote Hybrids on the Coaster? That'll be interesting if it proves to be the case!
If that happens, i would think all the Omnicities at Percy Main, would remain, replacing the Scania's and Wright Eclipse's meaning Depot Standardisation can take place.
The Scania/Eclipses would replace older ones in the fleet.
(07 Oct 2017, 5:04 pm)Jimmi wrote From my experiences of the 50 at least, I don't think anything bigger than single deckers is needed on the 50 most of the time, about the busiest I see the 50 is around the Washington area particularly Galleries - Lambton which is usually just short hoppers catching the first bus that turns up.
Not sure on the 1 myself as it's not a route I regularly see or use but I could imagine that one being busy at times, especially on a hot summer's day.
My thing with this though, I can't see Go North East wanting to upgrade any single decker routes to double deck operation unless they feel it's absolutely necessary and even then I think it could come at a cost of a frequency decrease, that's why I was always thought that the hybrids wouldn't go on the 27.
Same but where would the Hybrids go when the Angel gets an upgrade?, they could stay at Chester for the 13/14/X25 but then there would be 5 spare, i don't even think they would need deckers.
Only other routes i could see getting them are the
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Toonlink (still they would need 18 so would be a mixed allocation)
Red Arrow - but would be the same age of the B9's (expect for 6001-6007 which are a year older)