(11 Jan 2025, 6:09 pm)PH - BQA wrote 6353/4/5 all taken off the X10 today, and replaced with 2 Angel Streetdecks and an ex-London B9.Hit the nail on the head!
Angel Streetdecks which have issues even working the 21, and a 12 year old Volvo. Each of those look to have been grabbed because they were close by, rather than because of their suitability. If you’re having issues because of the demands of the X10, surely you need a sensible fall back should vehicles fail? Constantly using vehicles which are proving themselves unsuitable to work far less intensive services as replacements cannot be a sustainable business plan.
6352-55 can't be solely relied upon. And throwing StreetDecks & leggy B9TL's on does not help the situation at Riverside either!
(11 Jan 2025, 1:11 pm)Dan wrote Not like you to mention the Derwentside ‘X’ routes and associated interworking patterns!
Well you hit the nail on the head despite our previous disagreements about vehicle allocations and not having the X30 & X31 standalone (pre Jul 2024) to avoid needless remote reliefs in Stanley!
The difference being now.....GNE could still avoid remote reliefs and significantly reduce the low height decker PVR, enabling some of the issue at Riverside to be addressed. But choose not to!