(24 Jun 2014, 4:27 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote Why don't GNE swap 3941 and 3942 with 6101 repainted red and joined by 6117 with 6116 being repainted into CC livery? The only two places a B7 would struggle would be Chowdene Bank on the long Coaster and Rosehill on the Coaster, 17, 41 and 80 but otherwise, they'd be OK. Plus, 6101 and 6117 have Wi-Fi and power sockets installed including buggy bays for the TEN.
They could have planned all of this out prior to the new deckers arriving at Percy Main and Deptford by:
- Distributing the Gemini 1's, so that Riverside, Percy Main and Deptford had at least 1 spare in red.
- Distributing the 'weaker' Gemini 2's from Riverside between themselves and the three depots which have them.
Deptford have two vehicles, potentially wasted on lesser routes - when they could be utilised on more profitable ones at another depot (such as Riverside, who are struggling for deckers to go up and down the A19).
- Ensuring the more reliable Gemini 2's are on the most demanding route/s.
At the moment, passengers on the x9/x10 aren't getting the experience or service they are promised.
To use a common phrase on here - the brand is being diluted.
The problems faced on the x9/10 isn't new and was only going to get worse.