(22 Jul 2025, 9:27 pm)L469 YVK wrote 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.
The "catch 22" that they themselves created in order to reduce milage and drivers required. Don't get me wrong but I think it was one of the "temporary" measures back in 2022/23?
This is not an allocations thread but I will just say (again) that Plaxton Panther LEs are the way forward -->
Whilst having (I think) 69 seats or something similar they could be trialled on the 60 mins freq but would enable the route to be popular and not squashed like sardines with people sitting on the stairs along the long stretches of A19.
A bonus is they fit in Eldon Sq and perfectly merge the bus/coach aspects together as in the ease of travel and comfort for long distances. This would be a good upgrade to 30 mins from this point as it would make people want to travel in style but with bus accessibility.
I really don't see why not...