(27 May 2025, 5:23 pm)deanmachine wrote I don't recall any of those routes being every 12 minutes and running 23 hours of the day.
With a PVR of x2 or x3 at the most!
Whereas the 10 has some challenging sections of route deep into the Tyne Valley not forgetting the Blackhall Mill extension too.
X10 nowhere near enough vehicles for operational resilience and X21 dealing with basket case 4 pot heaps of ***** for nearly 10 years despite approaching 30 mile end to end!
I'm not saying the 56 doesn't deserve new vehicles and to be fair, 6086-6100 would be welcomed with open arms elsewhere within GNE. I supppse from a cascading POV, the 56 would be a good choice.