(20 Jan 2021, 1:06 pm)Storx wrote You should look at ways to get arid of the Citaros at Riverside, Omnicities / 09 Versa's at CLS and DFDS Deckers instead as somehow them and Red Kite Streetlites will be replacing them one way or another since GNE won't be getting any new buses before the LEZ comes in rather than focusing on Consett all the time.No mention of Consett
Just trying to think more realistically rather than focus on Consett where the level of demand probably isn't established enough yet to make decisions given the current climate.
6045-47 being replaced by 6084-86 (if 6071-83 get refurbished) with 6001,49,50 as backups for TVT & Crusader would make more sense.
6043-48 would then go on the 25. The 25 is a "secondary route" to speak so if it was split from the 13, the PVR of 6 would be covered. At most, they'd just need a thorough deep clean & the ex TVT examples repainted.
Then whatever is remaining from 6149-61 (depending how many is needed on 93/94) could displace older B7TL's & OmniDekkas.
So the allocation's would be
Riverside:
- 10/10A/10B/10X = 9x B9TL
- 27 = 11X B9TL
- Spare = 2x (as well as 6377 if not needed on X9/X10)
Hexham:
- 10/10A/10B/10X = 7x B9TL
- Spare = 1x (as well as either 6336/37 if not needed on X84/X85)
Chester Le Street:
- 25 = 6x B9TL
- Spare = ??? Anything would be fine for the 25