(5 hours ago)deanmachine wrote I think with bus movements, maybe it would make sense for the ex Consett Streetdecks to go to Washington, with the B5s going to Riverside as they're used to maintaining them. Makes sense to me at least.

Not sure about that, as you'll leave the X21 with nothing again since the B5TL's were a nightmare on there last time round.

If you didn't care about branding allocations, maybe you could send 3 of the Angel Streetdeck's out early for the 14/50 and 3 B9TL's for the 34 to Washington (from 6149-61 ideally) 'withdrawing' the 3 07 Plates there (which won't be going anywhere in reality). The B5TL's filling the gaps for the time being, since they look the same to a punter anyway and then decide what on earth the plan is for them since they're unreliable, usually, as an understatement. The extra 4 'newer' vehicles might help not having ex London stock on your flagship route in the short term, at least.