(16 Oct 2021, 8:56 pm)Storx wrote I know repainting wise it wouldn't make much sense but GNE have known to do stuff like this before.
Wonder if 6331 - 6333 might actually be the ones that will end up for the 21 to keep the batch together. You could then repaint either 6376/6377 into the X45/X46 and/or X1 X Lines.
It means you'd have the X1, X45 and X46 all running around with the new Streetdecks, then the X30, X31, X70, X71 and X72 all running with the new Enviro's keeping the oldest Streetdecks 6301 - 6307 as spares across the 3 depots.
Oh yeah I'm not disputing that GNE are more than happy to give a bus a new lick of paint when it suits but in this instance I can't see much benefit in repainting 6304-7 into fleet livery when fundamentally their role is going to be spares for X-Lines services - if anything having more buses in X-Lines is a giant advertisement for themselves.
Like you say I think we could either have 6363 go into X-Lines X1 or 6376 into X-Lines X1 and 6377 into X-Lines X45/6 (or even 6364 into X45/6 and 6376/77 into X1 if they're bothered about consecutive fleet numbers)