(28 Jul 2024, 7:47 am)L469 YVK wrote On a serious note......does the X20 given the fact it doesn't run an evening & Sunday service for the full route need X-Lines B5TLs allocated?
Would be far better dropping the X20 from X-Lines and switching to corporate misc vehicles, with the B5TLs moving to Consett?
Could then have something like:
- X30/X31/X32 & X70/X71/X73 = 12x E400MMC
- X45 = 5x B5TL
- X5/X15 = 2x B5TL & 2x E400MMC
Still leaves 2x E400MMC spare then if any further VORs need covering on the Newcastle services, swap out at Consett with a misc spare.
The X30's and X70's don't need a full decker allocation and they'd be wasted on there.
There's plenty boards like this one: https://bustimes.org/vehicles/gnel-5496?date=2024-07-25, which miss both peaks in both directions.
The buses aren't busy outside the peaks whenever I see them.
A Enviro 400 MMC/Enviro 200 MMC allocation on the Consett expresses is superior to the awful B5's, mind they are wasted on the X20.