(25 Dec 2025, 12:17 am)Swiny1 wrote I still get shivers down my spine at the thought of the current X1 street decks on the 56. I appreciate key routes need newer buses, however in terms of performance the B9 s still have the bite needed for a route which is often very busy and tight for time. They pull away well and still hold their gears making it better between regular stops. The X1 street decks seem to jump up the gears quickly ( no fault of the driver) I may be proven wrong only time will tell if this happens, however I think id rather wait a while to see if any other deckers that would better fit become available across the group. Have a good Christmas allIMO, the B9TLs have been good servants across the North East. If they move onto the 16/16A, X5/X15 and 47 as suspected, they'll probably last another 6-8 years doing frontline service.
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The StreetDecks will be better reliability wise than their 16/67 reg counterparts as they're being cascaded earlier on.
I did have a feeling when the StreetDecks & E400MMCs got swapped around in 2020, that the StreetDecks wouldn't be a long term stay on the X1 - Enviros were originally the plan but GNE swapped so that they had the flexibility to involve any routes via Ellison Road with the low bridge in any interworking patterns.