(03 Sep 2024, 1:46 pm)morritt89 wrote With regards to the engine issues, I presume GNE are investigating these. Is it due to the routes they have been on (flat out up and down the A19 on the X10 for instance), maintenance in general or poor build quality?
Didn't Arriva have similar issues with their Gemini deckers at Blyth when they were new/newish where lots of them required new engines?
Going back some years now, can anyone remember when the ex London Darts on the X35 kept breaking down and were temporarily replaced with Olympians for a short time?
I'm wondering if GNE are getting a case of buy cheap pay twice with the Streetdecks?
Think the 21 deckers (6315-33) is parts and engineering staffing. Absolutely no way they should have issues on the 21.
Likewise for 6356-63, Enviro 400 MMC's would be a better fit on the X21. But Washington's batch bought alongsode 6356-63 (6364-76) don't seem to have many VOR's and they're worked fairly hard. So hard to put a finger if route related or not. Bar the odd run, they've never been on the X10 unlike 6308-14 (B5TL's).