(12 Dec 2024, 6:26 pm)Storx wrote The 306/308 is the sort of route crying out for a ZEBRA bid with GNE's 307/309. I know some people will have opinions on that corridor but its got all the tickboxes. Multiple councils, a high pollution area (Coast Road), hits the ULEZ, high frequency, decent passenger numbers etc.
ANE side will be easy. GNE's side however.....would lead to a lot of issues. The main one being a depot closure and dead mileage!
Unless GNE took the radical move to close Percy Main down, the only option I can see until franchising is maybe some cascaded StreetDecks on GNE's part and possibly some newer mid-life E400MMC on Arriva's part.