(19 Apr 2014, 10:54 pm)marxistafozzski wrote Can't agree with you there mate, 61 is a decent service...I personally think it is time for a fresh look at the 61, since it started I dont think it has had any new vehicles on it, we started off with The Marshall Dart, then the Cadets, The 60 got the Versas brand new in 2009, we got the 11 or 12 plate Versas last year...Maybe not brand spanking new vehicles, but something better than the crap already on it
As for branding, it should never have gone into Simplicity, it should have either stayed in the Drifter or gone Red Northern, another suggestion, this is pie in the sky really and would probably never happen in a million years, bring it into the Silver Arrows and have it interwork with or extend the 2A/C...
Personally I would take the Versas off and put Red Scanias on it...But I would say that as I hate the Versas lol
i think Scanias are ideal for 61 there canny ride i remember once i rode a Citaro (Silver Arrows) to my mate Dean's house with my good mate Ryan (his uncle works for Deptford) on 60 and it was a nice fast bus at the time but Solars are my favourite to ride on when i sometimes get them where i live on 88/88A they are a joy to ride much prefer the South Tyne Versas as they are comfy plus they speed round Hebburn but when i was on 60 a few weeks back it was a canny journey but made a little noise but versas the cabs are a tight squeeze when i spoke to a former GNE driver who used to work down at Chester-le-Street he said to me he cannot fit on to the cab on that bus with it being tiny he did 34/34A as you probs guessed when i spoke to a Deptford driver my mates uncle he had trouble with putting the wheel right som Versas are temperamental