(16 Mar 2014, 8:11 pm)Robert wrote My message to people moaning about the E400s:
As I have said on another thread, its not a fact that they are unreliable. Its just the buses aren't designed for the routes which is arrivas fault for putting them on there in the first place.
Everything has its limits. We can only run so far before getting tired. A bus that is more City designed would go onto City routes. Not long distance ones like the X93. The X93 is also quite hilly along the moors road which wont help either.
That's what I say about them. Very good for town and city operations like the 62 and 63 but anything else such as the X21 / X22 and they're not suited for the purpose. Although the B9TL is a good bus, it struggles with low gearing ratios on the A19 at high speed and breaks down every now and then. If the order on paper goes ahead, then they'll do well on the X18 due to the high speeds not being as continuous as the TTX. But if the order was for the X15, then they could potentially struggle and break down every now and then due to continuous high speed and low gearing ratios.