(05 Mar 2015, 4:24 pm)Jimmi wrote Problem is there isn't much else they could probably use on there as using something more modern would be a bit of a waste because of the 4 or so months they won't really be used out of the peak season and most other modern double deckers are now branded for other services and some other more modern buses like the 57 reg Lowlander's are totally shot so would be likely to spend less time on the X93 and more time at the side of the road or in Redcar depot needing to be repaired.I really can't see how a 13 year old ex-London decker will be in better condition than a 7 year old Lowlander. I'm not saying that 7453-6 should go on there, I just think that for this summer at least they'd be far better than 7485/6 would be.
Old B7TLs are probably not the most ideal allocation for the X93 but it's probably the best we're going to get for now.
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