(12 Jul 2020, 3:31 pm)L469 YVK wrote Are they not? Very surprised. Will be interesting to see what depot they get allocated to then. X84 & X85 are ruled out as previous. 5x will likely be going to Consett alongside 6338-40 on the X30 / (X70/X71). So that then leaves 10x.
But the X30 would no longer need to be extended to Consett for driver relief purposes though as it would interwork with the X70 & X71.
I think it was obvious that they wouldn't be going on the X21 though because they've just repained them in to the Blue version of X-Lines.
I'm sticking to my predictions:
New buses:
21 Streetdecks + 1 Euro 6 (spare role due to it moving around the depots)
15 E400’s
Allocations:
14 Streetdecks on the X1 + 1 spare = 15
7 Streetdecks + 10 E400’s on the X31/X45/X46/X47 = 17 PVR
5 New E400’s + current 3 on the X30/X70/X71 = 8 PVR
Spares for Consett:
6335/6336/6337 – X-Lines spares for Consett
= 3 spares for a PVR 25
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Movements:
X84/X85 (5) - Ex Consett B9's - refurb in to X-Lines standard, same as the other deckers at Hexham, as they're all B9's.
Loop - 7 B9's from Consett
Red Arrow B9's on to the 26/27
For the X5/X15 - i think the Red Kite Streetlites will go on them unless they keep the 4 Red Kite B9's then they would go on those services - refurb in to X-Lines standard.
As for the B5's... think they'll go on a service which goes to Newcastle.. as they're Euro 6... but no idea which one...