RE: New StreetDecks & ADL Enviro400s - X-lines fleet changes
(14 Jul 2020, 6:20 pm)L469 YVK wrote PVR for X45/X46/X47 is 14 (same as when 45/46/47 inter worked) and PVR for X5/X15 is 4. That leaves a total combined PVR of 18.
Will the frequency remain the same on all of the above services and if so, where will the extra vehicles come from?
You're right it was 14.
(14 Jul 2020, 8:59 pm)Storx wrote This is just speculation, but possibly the X46 could be scrapped with the X47 extended from Blackwell Mill to Consett via the X46 bus route. 14 Streetdecks then would probably be enough. X45 / X47 - PVR 10, X15 - PVR 4. I don't know the numbers, but having a 10 minute bus service between Rowlands Gill to Newcastle all with deckers seems a bit overkill especially with Covid.
My speculation could be the X45 running via the X47 route, which could in theory make the V9 redundant saving a minibus but adding additional capacity on the chop well to Consett bit. Also I would question the shotley extension to the X5/X15. Could reroute the V3/V4 via kings rd or run the X5 via the V4 route and serve the hospital after Cuthberts Avenue and the X15 via the V3 route. Saving more minibuses.
