(27 Jul 2024, 9:53 pm)Ambassador wrote I laughed too much at this…just missing the damp
Re the Open top. I’m not sure if it’s a weather decision or not but either way the rain was far less than forecast.
If it was weather, it’s a really strange call as it’s never that busy that the covered part of the top deck and the lower deck couldn’t be used and let’s be honest…no other operator would dream of doing this. Every major and non major city keeps its open tops out in bad weather.
Tho judging by bus times 6994 looks to have expired, another triumph for the engineering and planning teams
There was three or four days in the middle of June when half the runs were operated by closed top B9s. Presumably because they have zero spares given the stupid purchase of the non compliant B9s which seem to be spending the summer depreciating in Percy Main depot. Baffled me why anyone would pay upwards of ten quid to sit on a normal service bus though the runs I saw looked understandably dead - novel approach to driving growth. You have to wonder what GNE would be like if they ever appointed a competent management team.
(27 Jul 2024, 10:09 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Exactly this!
Plus if you wanted to make the argument for taking the open topper off because it's a bit wet then shouldn't it be replaced with the best vehicle you have?
After all, these punters are paying a premium to be driven around Shieldfield, Ouseburn, and Gateshead.
To be fair in terms of deckers at PM, the 63 plates are the best they've got...