(17 Sep 2025, 11:48 am)Storx wrote Sorry didn't reply, thought I did. 

Must admit I don't know those routes too well, but wonder if an mixed allocation would work on it? I'm surprised there hasn't been more of it yet as Feetham had loads of routes doing it under his watch at Arriva; the X7/X8, 306, 6 (Durham), 7 (Durham), 22/23/24, just to name some. 

Now that everything isn't painted in magical colours it should be easier to do as I'm sure there's a few routes which could easily fit that bill; the 50, these routes and 301 being three instantly coming to mind. 

I seen someone mention the 301 above, maybe they could be split between the 50/51/52/93/94/301(X39) with the rest of the boards being Streetlite's being displaced out of Percy Main in the opposite direction. They're all 16/66/17/67 plate so a similar age to each other.

Had thought about the 301 myself but I don't they'd handle the long distance nature of the route plus some of the climbs around Wickham/Swalwell with how unreliable those Streetdecks can be, I think a frequency increase on the 301 to Every 15 Minutes would probably be more beneficial to those who use the service.

I had also thought with the B5's potentially coming off of the X20 that these with some TLC/Repaint could go to Washington for use on the 50 then the 16 plate Streetdecks could be displaced elsewhere within the fleet.