(30 Aug 2020, 2:41 pm)L469 YVK wrote A bit of a daft question but, given that there will be 18x E400MMC consisiting of 69/20/70(?) plates, why are older examples forming the PVR on the X84 & X85?The E400 clearly isn't the right type either otherwise they would have ordered that instead of the StreetDecks in the first place.
Surely something like this could've been done.
Consett:
- 12x NEW ADL E400MMC for X30/X70/X71 & X31
- 1x 2019 ADL E400MMC XLines Spare*
- 1x 2014 ADL E400MMC XLines Spare*
Hexham:
- 3x NEW ADL E400MMC for X84 & X85
- 2x 2019 ADL E400MMC for X84 & X85*
- 1x 2014 ADL E400MMC XLines Spare*
* = Bike racks retrofits needed
Furthermore, I still don't agree with B5TLs on the X21. That route from the start has never had the right type of bus and if bike racks could've been fitted on the StreetDeck for the X84 & X85, it would've made sense to allocate E400MMCs to the X21. I know the build quality isn't as 'flush' as Wrights but they do exactly what they say on the tin.
The B5s are probably a better fit than the 16 plate StreetDecks, and on par with the 67 plated (the StreetDecks better in town, and the B5s better on the motorway)
I've nothing against the E400, if GNE ordered full height ones, I wouldn't mind them on the X21, but as I've said in the past low height vehicles on a route that don't need them are a terrible idea, and as a 'person of height', they put me off. To the point that I wait for 6337 if I'm getting the X30
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