(18 Jun 2025, 8:55 pm)PH - BQA wrote Didn't 6377 come with a more powerful engine? A bus which failed to reach Middlesbrough on trip 1 on Tuesday, and looks like it broke in Peterlee at lunchtime on Monday.
The diesel Streetdeck doesn't seem to have been popular literally anywhere else for express work, so I'm not sure GNE buying a bespoke batch for the X10/21 given their experiences with their current versions is on the cards really.
It did.........but Cummins is more trusted and proven as shown in the E400/E400MMC.
GNE's issue has been lack of fleet rotation. If you look at Arriva Ashington, their E400MMC get a similar hammering. But the big difference is that Arriva utilise their's correctly.
- Easy work = X21/35, X22
- Harder work = X14, X15, X18, X20
GNE could easily do this with newer vehicles now that the X21 is at Riverside. Heck could even throw the 10/10A/10B/12 into the mix.
I agree the actual X10 route would suit a coach......but I don't think the logistics are economically workable incluuding gettimg 53 seaters and upping frequency.