(28 Aug 2023, 1:56 pm)deanmachine wrote Maybe the 56 should never have been dropped from a 12 to a 15 minute service and had its PVR reduced just to send some buses to Percy Main for a less busy service in the first place. When it was every 12 minutes it had a 10 minute sit in Park Lane for most of the day which helped a lot of delays. It was also still every 20 minutes later into an evening.So out of the original lot in 2014:
- 6084 - Used for 10/10A/10B and also X9/X10
- 6085 - Used for 10/10A/10B
- 6086/87 - Became spares for 56
- 6099 & 6100 - Spares for 309 & 310(now 307)
Originally, 6099 & 6100 were used as 309 PVR was 10x and 310 PVR was 7x requiring two spares needed. PVR later reduced by 1x to 16x (309/310/311) and now PVR stands at 14x (8x 309 and 6x 307). Surely, Percy Main should only need 6101-07?
On another note......now that the 307 is standalone, depending how future fleet movements come about, would it not be a good opportunity to allocate StreetDecks 6301-07 onto the 307 (and any late 309 journeys that they could eventually drop onto by default via mid-evening interworking patterns)? Surely they could handle the 307 fine plus they'd be way more fuel efficient on such route rather than binge drinking B9TLs being lugged around the doors.