(29 Oct 2017, 6:21 pm)Malarkey wrote Replacing the Scania Omnicities at Darlington, it's well documented how unreliable they are, given a vehicle a refurb and a lick of paint isn't going to improve reliability of a service now is it, I would also look at putting the Ex London B7 Geminis into a reserve role, rather than on a front line express service like the X20.
The services that I noted as part of my original post I do feel would benefit from new vehicles, the X12 being a good example given the fact Go North East are rumoured to be getting new vehicles for the 21 in the next month or so.
I agree the Omnicities need replacing, however even if you replace all 05-plates that is still only 18 new vehicles needed.
I think the new X15 vehicles will likely displace 7511-4 to the X20, with the B7s in turn moving onto something like the 35.