(25 Aug 2021, 11:25 pm)L469 YVK wrote None of 6338-40 can be spares for the X30's & X70's if they're covered by the bike guarantee unless GNE are planning a bike rack retrofit? And I doubt GNE would suddenly downgrade the X5 / X15 as that's the major Consett to Durham trunk route. The PVR for 56 is also 11 too and not 10.

Then perhaps shuffle around 6336/7 around if they have bike racks, can't say I know which do tbh. The X5/15 is one of the few double deck routes which doesn't serve Newcastle and would not be affected by the CAZ - possibly a better use of resources to give them the ex-Coaster B5's with an X-lines repaint freeing up the Euro 6 Streetdecks. New 56 timetable from september is possible with 10 buses although turnaround times would be tight, if 11 needed then my suggestion didn't include 9119 which could go back to Percy Main, with 6099/6100 as 56 spares.