(12 Jul 2020, 5:04 pm)cbma06 wrote Dan posted this the other day on twitter:
Fleet memo has gone out to colleagues this evening! Sure it won’t be too long before its contents are public knowledge.
Once GNE colleagues have received the memo then it can be public knowledge, so how can that breach the rules, it’s not like the public got to know before GNE staff?
The memo has now done the rounds in other groups, so we might as well share its contents here too.
New vehicles:
- 15x Wright StreetDeck - Washington (X1)
- 6x Wright StreetDeck - Consett (X45/6/7), with remaining PVR supplemented by StreetDecks in the existing fleet.
- 1x Wright StreetDeck - Float (likely to become spare for X9/X10 dependent on initial trials).
- 11x ADL Enviro400 - Consett (X30/1, X70/1)
- 4x ADL Enviro 400 - Hexham (X84/5), with remaining PVR supplemented by ADL Enviro400s in the existing fleet.
- 9x Yutong electric - Riverside (53/54)
- 7x Volvo B11RT/Plaxton Elite interdeck - Riverside (X9/X10)
The new vehicle allocations reflect the position once new, hopefully more efficient, interworking patterns are implemented. Exact details of this are being finalised now, but has been prompted as a result of the expected longer-term loss of patronage of 15-20%. Clearly if any efficiencies are made by interworking other services with the X30, then they need to be low-height double-decks which is the main reason for the change.
Colleagues internally have not yet been briefed on which cascades will take place, but some of you may wish to speculate on this...