(22 Jul 2025, 8:09 pm)Storx wrote To be fair, the interdecks are a whole different beast to normal coaches. I know there were similar complaints in the North of Scotland and they've used coaches forever up there.
It's the stairs which are horribly steep and the fact it's not straight which the less able really struggle with.
The X66, is a bad service for them though, considering it's a normal service for a fair chunk of the service at both ends.
GNE are in a catch 22 situation.
Use suitable single deck coaches and face capacity issues - even with the X9 restored.
Or continue operating using standard double deck vehicles and suffer reliability issues.
12M B8L low bridge MCV EvoSeti deckers are a good halfway house IMO and could have useful service life beyond the X10.