(01 Jan 2022, 3:03 pm)Michael wrote Was rumoured the 57 but the PVR dropped to 6, leaving 3 spare (4 overall + the current spare).... but I wonder if the 57 route will be changed to accomadate a higher PVR?
The 58 PVR is only 5.
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Not sure how they would do on the 6/12/12A - unless interworking pattens are changed so the 6 is took out of it.
(01 Jan 2022, 3:55 pm)Michael wrote 33 and H are both contract services so it would be pointless upgrading them to euro 6 - as they may only end up on for a year or so... unless the new contracts say electric buses need to be allocated.
Pretty sure the PVR's of the 57 and 58 are 7 and 6 respectively. The 58 already has the B9's and the 6/12/12A interworking pattern has been discussed before on here and it sounds as though that won't be changing. Realistically the 57 is the prime candidate - since the Citaro's moved elsewhere it doesn't have a brand and with a PVR of 7 that's only 2 spare (3 overall).
Assuming only 1 spare was being used on a particular day then the 33 would likely be a prime candidate for the spare Yutong's, freeing up Streetlites so the Euro 6 Versa's (8307-9/26-28) don't have to be used as spare on the Streetlite routes. Nothing to say the 33 wouldn't be kept on commercially by GNE if they happened to lose the contract.