(28 Apr 2021, 7:12 pm)Dan wrote Single decks are very rare, to be fair.

The allocation of OmniDekkas on the 21 has been more frequent recently and that’s why the loan bus from Wrightbus is now allocated to Chester-le-Street, while works are carried out on the branded StreetDecks.

Non-StreetDeck allocations have also increased in number because 6301-3 transferred to Consett replacing the 4x Red Kite B9 which needed to transfer to East Yorkshire. PVR of the X-lines services was prioritised over additional spare buses for the 21 (there is still a branded StreetDeck spare for the 21).


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Is the Angel "main" PVR 15x Dan?

I'd say GNE have done well given the circumstances but I still wish the E400MMC's got put on the X21 rather than B5TL's although I can see the logic behind them for the X84/X85 I suppose.

Still early days but what's going to happen with Consett's interworking patterns once things get more normal?

With 6301-03 and taking into account no bike racks on 6338-40 (unless they get a planned retrofit), this is what I get based on rumoured patterns. X31 extended to Consett and X30 Stanley only. Only X30/X70/X71 would carry bikes.

X5/X15 = 6304-07
X31 = 6338-40 + 1x ADL E400MMC (changeovers at Stanley)
X30/X70/X71 = 8x new ADL E400MMC
X45/X46/X47 = 8x new StreetDeck, 6331-33, 6301-03

That would then leave 2x new ADL E400MMCs covering a PVR of 30x. Obviously I don't know the StreetLite situation but a spare could be sent on quieter X5/X15 and X31 boards to save deckers.