(08 Aug 2022, 10:26 pm)Unber43 wrote They are getting 23 for the Metro Replacement, but not sure how many spares they'll have once they've got all the buses for the school contracts, they've got 61 new ones, 1 requires atleast 23 buses. But Percy Main I would say need at least 5-6 more, Deptford need at least 2 more, there was two Citaros on the 56 today. I would give Consett a couple more Euro 6 spares and Riverside maybe 5-7.The 309 gets a canny load i used that quite frequently up until the summer and it was never fully empty. I can’t speak for the 310/11. I also totally agree with the omnicities point, the way they seem to be going they’d be wanting to keep everything they can : / Also a quick side q why does the 311 exist? If I’m not mistaken it used to be part of the 58 but what happened with that? Would it have not been easier to just keep it as it was?
They've also got Euro 6 OmniCities which are apparently going by 2023, they should all be kept for as long as possible.
Does anyone use the 309/310/311 regularly how busy does it get because I've gotten the 309/310 a few times at different points and it has never been rammed. I saw 4 different 311 last time I was at Newcastle for a full day, around 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 5pm the 5pm was a bit full but the rest only have maybe 5 people on, I do wonder how big the margins of profit are.
RE: September 2022 Service Changes