(16 Mar 2014, 2:53 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Could say the same about the Omnicity's on the Red Kite also, Stanley was pretty much odd workings Galore yesterday, with the following seen and photographed.
6014 on the 45
5254 on the X43
5338 on the 44
3833 on the 45
4847 on the 45
5237 on the X70
Can only think there would of been a few more missing off the Diamond/Red Kite Yesterday, and god knows what was on the Lime Yesterday, Might as well give Stanley half the investment for this year at this rate.
I ahve seen an increase on the branded vehicles and red northern vehicles being used on other services since the Riverside depot opened, so it may be that Stanley are trying to use vehciles as efficently as possible. It may also be that they are just going through as busy period of routine maintenance. I have to say most times I have seen the 45/46, it has always be operated by the correct branded vehicle.
The Diamond on the other hand does tend to have more B10BLEs operating on it than the Citaros. The back suspension on the Citaro never seems to stand up to loads well, as the back is often considerably lower than the front.