(Yesterday, 7:46 pm)L469 YVK wrote I second the last statement.
Unless for a specialist purpose such as the X10, X93 etc, it makes far more sense having the same individual vehicle type allocated to one depot if enough PVR to cover use unless part of a bigger batch or PVRs aren't big enough at one depot. Blyth did it with the Cityzens and have mostly done that with the DB300s.
Plus, unless the Ultroliners are used on the Sunday 47, X15 or 16B boards - they'll be sort of wasted at Consett.
Yeah definitely, mind it seems like they've been diverted from Deptford to shut Washington up aswell as it seems like they were very much going on the 56 at some point. Probably not a co-incidence either considering these two depots were the two most impacted by bus shortages.
Where the other 11 were meant to go originally who knows, X45/47 maybe?
That probably would've been a better upgrade aswell imo as it's improving routes which are running around with old vehicles, rather than replacing the newest vehicles in the fleet and it's not like those 3 routes are basketcase routes.
I really don't understand why the 47 is being treat like the underdog of the X45 anyway, these two badly need to renumbered as adjoining numbers and advertised as the 15 minute service which they are, it's just an own goal not doing it.