(12 Jul 2020, 5:25 pm)Dan wrote The memo has now done the rounds in other groups, so we might as well share its contents here too.So working out out for the 32x StreetDecks available for 21/X21/X46/X46/X47................
New vehicles:Pre-owned 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)
All to be delivered by October, with the first deliveries commencing in the next few weeks.
- 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...
- X45/X46/X47 - PVR 14x (same pattern as when 45/46/47)
- X21 - PVR 8x
- 21 - PVR 10x >>>working it out, does that mean 21 will only operate Newcastle to Chester Le Street only every 10 minutes unless extra Volvo B5TLs from the X9/X10 can be sourced to allow the Durham - Chester Le Street section to remain every 30 minutes? The latter would mean a PVR of 13x which would then allow a further 4x to be allocated to the X5/X15 unless X-Lines has been shelved for them routes?