(15 Nov 2020, 3:05 pm)6049 wrote Didn't notice that bit for the font text sorry!

At other depots it is generally a lot more practical to facilitate a swap on a terminating service. Like has already been mentioned, I don't think anyone would give serious thought to a scheduled swap anywhere else en route, it would be deemed too inconvenient. The only way round it would be for the bus to be ran to the start point light and the driver runs it in service to the normal relief location. However, then you're just adding dead mileage into the equation.

It's a shame, some people might see it as a bit opportunistic to try to squeeze as much money as possible out of the public purse, but as Dan has already mentioned - it could make or break some services commercially. Not to mention that passengers will generally get a better equipped bus as a result.

A good example used to be Washington on the 85 and 86, they used to run around with the old 10 plate Solo's through the day, then on a night they'd be replaced by the newer 66 plates which had NSA and WiFi.

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Having to change to a different vehicle on the X21 used to be a common occurrence, we'd often have to switch from a StreetDeck to an OmniDekka at Chester le Street. No real explanation was ever given, usually just that the bus was needed elsewhere.