(17 Mar 2024, 8:21 am)L469 YVK wrote E400MMC:
- 6336-37 - Consett - Spare
- 6338-45 - Consett - X30/X31/X45
- 6346-55 - Riverside - X10/X21
Wasn't part of the syggestion. They'd remain at Consett as backup for the X30/X31/X45 plus other routes if not needed.
For the X10/X21, 6362-63 would fill in and in the case of the X10 if there was a VOR, 6362-63 would step in on the X21 with one of the E400MMC's or 6102/6377 then released stepping in place on the X21.
Would effectively be how Arriva Northumbria manage the 17 & 72 plate E400MMCs at Ashington with both batches doing the X14/X15/X18/X20 and X21/X22.
It honestly feels like a pointless swap. As I have said before, the solution to any alleged reliability issues of StreetDecks at Riverside is to fix them. Not to give up and move the problem elsewhere.
I know you are sold on the idea (you’ve mentioned it several times now) but GNE clearly wants to keep all the E400s (barring the ones that need to be on the X10) at Consett, and all the StreetDecks at Riverside.
The interworking pattern of the Consett express routes is more complex than you realise (mornings, evenings and Sundays), and Consett already struggle for low-height double-decks at times, without this suggestion which would further hinder them.
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