(28 Jul 2014, 8:54 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote I get your "drift" Dan, I do think Parking them up by Brand would make it easier to allocate the Vehicles in the Depot, and I wouldn't think it make to much difference to the timings of the Vehicles leaving the Depot on a Morning either.
Davey Bowyer I highly doubt the Red Arrows is going get New Buses This Year as the B9TL's are only 2/3 Years Old and not due for Repaint for another 2/3 Year either, and Yes I can understand the logic behind Re-Investing in the Red Arrows, so that other Services Benefit, but do you think NPower will be happy about having to dip there hands into the Pockets again, after all the did pay for Part of the Investment for the B9TL's on the X1, in an agreement which saw GNE operating Services 921/922 and 923 in Return.
And as I know you like a nice lovely fuel guzzling Bus which copes with long distance Services such as the TTX and the X93, Perhaps you might be able to dream up of a Heavyweight Bus with a 13L Scania Diesel Engine which would provide between 410BP and 490BP. And then give us NEB Followers the Pro's and Con's of it, with a highly detailed list of GNE Fleet Movements as a Result of Investment of this Vehicle for the Red Arrows.
^^Only Joking^^
As for the other Service i.e. Toonlink and Pronto, I think E400MMC and Versas would be more than suitable for those Services, I know Dan loves his "Ole Depot Standisation", so I am sure the Versas would fit in at Riverside very well, and not forgetting Versas have been Heavily Rumoured for the X66 for some time now, Further Standardizing the Riverside Fleet.
Depends how much room if you have in the yard. No good if you've got a bus at the back of a line due out at 0500 if all the ones in the front don't go out til 0645...