(02 Oct 2022, 9:18 pm)toward6931 wrote 400? not mean 300? the only 400s are the open toppers at Sunderland. as for leg room i dont notice much difference apart the back seats on E300s are abit tighter which the step up compared to ALX300s
I did, my mistake there.
(02 Oct 2022, 9:32 pm)toward6931 wrote why would SNE waste money by keeping MMCs in a depot where they were delivered to when another depot is paying fines/tolls for vehicles that aren't CAZ compliant when the simple straightforward solution is to do the swap and whenever newer vehicles do arrive look at the situation and reevaluate the situation
It's more about what these buses are. The right answer is they should've purchased new buses to withdraw the ALX300's. They're beyond their useful life and shouldn't be in frontline service regardless. They can't keep pulling the Covid excuse for not investing. It's becoming a bit of a trend lately and it's not just buses. The point of the LEZ isn't to swap buses around and punish other areas it's to reduce emissions.
I could understand if it was some poor depot which doesn't make money but the North East made £11m before Covid and the Newcastle depots are the ones that make the £££'s.