(24 Nov 2020, 12:09 pm)Andreos1 wrote Which seems to contradict the comments made previously that the enhanced BSOG can make or break evening routes, which may end up subsidised and contracted out to the likes of GCT without it.
Surely if the mods are available and the grants are attractive, an operator that bothered about its customers would look to retrofit to Euro6 and ensure there's some sort of service on an evening...
If you have a battered old nearly 20 year old decker that can be converted to euro 6, who's going to spend the thousands of pounds to it, in addition to all the reliability, rot, corrosion and part issues you get with vehicles of this age? If I was a council, I'd not want to oblige.
Euro is an emissions standard, not one for efficiency. Though, with newer vehicles both go hand in hand.