(20 Aug 2023, 6:45 pm)tyresmoke wrote I’m also not convinced you’d get more than a couple of years out of E200s on the X4 and a far more suitable vehicle would be the B8/Evora… but then you could argue the same investment is required across other routes such as the 63, 5/5a, X66 etc.


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Investment in a fleet of B8/Evora's, in my view, would be just about the smartest thing Arriva could do to sort out the mess of ADC. They'd be more than suitable for the routes you mention (the X66 in particular is a shout, especially given the growth on it recently), but I imagine also the likes of the X12. They seem like the perfect Pulsar replacement, and Arriva have already ordered a decent amount for other operations. 

I'd have said the 1 too, but after travelling on it on a rammed 4801 post frequency decrease (or the X1 going) it seems like that could actually benefit from deckers?

Obviously this is Arriva though, and it seems that sort of investment is a pipe dream at best.