(25 Oct 2024, 9:15 pm)PH - BQA wrote Noted both 6318 and 6325 broken down on the 21/X21 on my travels today. As well as these, 6326 looked to be taken off the X21, and the overwhelming majority of 21s I saw were ex-London B9s. My 21 was 6970, the less said about that the better.
At this point these Streetdecks have to be up there as one of the worst batches of vehicles ever purchased by GNE. Constantly unavailable or simply unable to perform the route which they are branded for, resulting in GNE's flagship route being ran by ex-London vehicles which are incredibly spartan.
And the problem with the buses on instead is that they're knackered. I was. On 6156 on the X21 on Wednesday and it appeared to have got stuck in reverse, leaving Eldon Square. The driver did his best not to swear then adjusted his wing mirror. Sticky brakes, too.