(27 Oct 2020, 5:11 pm)L469 YVK wrote If Arriva do order in the not so distant future, I can see them going (depending on PVRs etc)

- 10x OM934 StreetDecks or ADL E400MMC (Voith) for 308
- 6x OM936 StreetDecks or Scania E400MMC for X93

7628-37 would then cascade down and replace older Geminis in turn replacing older double deckers.

7401-06 would then go to Ashington / Alnwick for either the X14 or X20 with 2x either also going or acting as 'float' spares.

I really don't see those B9s ever ending up at Ashington.

7511/2/4-7 will almost certainly be high up the replacement list at Arriva, at least on the services they're on, which would leave Ashington with 64 and 15 plate E400s as their oldest MAX deckers.

I don't see how B9s that have been destroyed on the X93 would be a better option than E400s of the same age on the X20, myself and Citaro5284 had one of the 64 plates on a Morpeth express over the summer and it handled the A1 stretch with no fuss. Bar 7553 which by all accounts is pretty awful, the rest of the younger E400s at Ashington are generally absolutely fine. 7555 also had some heat issues recently leading it to being at home with the Volvos on the 35 but it's been released back onto more demanding stuff over the last few days.