(12 Sep 2020, 7:24 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Assuming the economy and passenger numbers improve, I personally think they'll start looking at upgrading the whole X-Lines fleet again in around 5 years time.
By that point the B9s will be nearing the end of their life, and in order to keep the X-Lines network as 'premium', I suspect they may want to upgrade those and cascade the still relatively new StreetDecks and E400s to the likes of Cobalts, TVT and 56.
As for routes with single deckers, I think we'll continue to see a move away from them, like we've seen with the Crusader, X84/X85, and potentially still the 93/94.
With the Minibuses, it'd be a like-for-like replacement really, unless they move to the short E400s or StreetLites from the Solos, which we could possibly see for standardisation.
I don't personally, I think the 5, 50, Q1, Q2, Q3, 57 and 58 will be the next routes to see investment and I can't see any of them running with deckers - the last 5 with some form of electric bus if the Yutongs proove to be successful with a refurb on the 10 and 56 deckers and that'll be the lot maybe with some Solo's replaced - not sure where.
Also just to be picky short E200
