(01 May 2022, 3:53 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I don't know what the sudden obsession with swapping vehicles on the X21. I'm not the biggest B5 fan, but as a regular of the route I'm perfectly content with them for now.
Plus, as my crude reliability table the other day showed, they're not even that unreliable!
I know you probably can't say, but was I anywhere near close with the figures?
"Sudden obsession?!" [emoji1787]
Stand-ins of a different type are inevitable on the X21 considering all of the B5TLs form part of the allocation so only takes one to be missing, looks worse with all the 16 plates of similar spec now being sent to Washington depot which only really leaves the ex Lothian B9s and OmniDekka's left to allocate, 6331 is another (maybe 6332/3 if they return to CLS in future?).
Much the same story with the also apparent unreliable Xlines X20 Citaros, looking on bustimes.org, only 5330 was missing from service yesterday (which hasn't been out since March 23rd).