(21 Dec 2021, 9:45 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Coaches were found unsuitable due to extended loading times and accessibility so the allocation for X9 / X10 was streamlined into one vehicle type starting with....
Volvo B7TL - Wright Eclipse Gemini 1 (3941-3943 / 3962 - 3965) with Volvo Olympian - N-C Palatine 2s being the ever reliable spares.
Volvo B9TL - Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 (6043 - 6048) spare was B7TL 3963 in Tyne Tees Express livery and 3964 in a variety of liveries. Volvo Olympians still appeared.
Volvo B5TL - Wright Gemini 3 (6308 - 6314) with fleet livered Volvo B9TLs as spares, though anything could appear like Solars and Citaros.
Volvo B11RT - Caetano Levante - Intrim vehicles until the Elite-i were ready for service.
Volvo B11RT - Plaxton Elite-i (7150 - 7156) with various Volvo / Caetano Levante Coaches acting as spares, along with Wright Streetdeck.
ADL Enviro 400MMC - The next residents of the A19 Express?
Out of all of that, arguably the best vehicles of the last 16 years on the route were the B7TLs. The B9s that succeeded them were dead after about 5 years, the B5s were dead on their feet early doors, and the Elites didn't work particularly well either...