(27 Jan 2024, 8:51 am)Ryland wrote 1429 tracking on 63, x4 and 81 today
On a side note it's seems unfair to penilise Redcar for breaking buses.
Yes admit 7401 and 4705 aside but most of the pulsars have been cascaded from other depots. Surely that is a repercussion on them. I'm unsure how the transfer thing works but surely they need to look at the routes Redcar and whitby depot offer and go right ok we need some slightly younger buses or a full fleet replacement to ensure capacity and capability
They still trying to sort out 7401? I know it’s got a problem with a rear axle or something. I’m surprised they’ve held onto it for so long despite the problems it’s facing. But then again if that goes that will be another decker down and that’s the last thing Redcar need before summer.
(27 Jan 2024, 12:41 pm)tyresmoke wrote Yeah they were eating engines even on the X1 & X78 and they’re pretty flat by South Yorkshire standards!Yeh, buying a new fleet would be not worth it every time. But surely there’s some Db300s, E400s and B9s going spare somewhere to replace and see off the B7s or are Arrivas fleet that bad everywhere else in the country.
Don’t know where you’d go next for the X93 but it needs a route to offload vehicles to every 4-5 years - the X46 would be the ideal candidate but that’s going electric (assuming they get their Zebra2 bid money) so that’s no good… the B9s are now 9 years old this summer and past their best - though still putting in sterling service compared to the B7s! Sadly the seasonal nature of it means you can’t really buy a full new fleet every time but certainly could justify 5/6 full timers and cascade the older stock onto a less demanding route.
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Edit: Just been looking and they do have some more B7 ALX’s and Gemini 1s down south and also some B9 Gemini 1s and Olympus’s but they all get used by the looks of it.