(17 Mar 2024, 8:34 am)Dan wrote 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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So which journeys end up straying onto low height boards (X30/X31/X45) then? Aren't Sundays just X45 > X72 > X45 and 12 > 6 > X30 > X30 > 6 > 12?
I might be an advocate of a stronger batch of E400MMC covering the X10/X21, but after spending a few days in Northumberland, can appreciate why Arriva use them on their A1/A189 express routes.