There are a lot of new houses being built to the south/west of Woodhouse Close Estate - a circular route is the only one that really works in that park of Woodhouse Close, various other routes were tried in the early 2000s and never worked.

(15 Oct 2019, 8:29 am)busmanT

There are a lot of new houses being built to the south/west of Woodhouse Close Estate - a circular route is the only one that really works in that park of Woodhouse Close, various other routes were tried in the early 2000s and never worked.

Exactly, they should have just kept and extended the 18 instead of extending the X21. The StreetDecks struggle to get round the estate, especially with the way people round here park!

I also think the route around Woodhouse minus Proudfoot Drive would be better suited as hail and ride rather than having normal stops

(15 Oct 2019, 9:45 am)Big O Can anyone tell me why GNE only purchased a handful of B5s compared to the Streetdecks.

Probably because the StreetDecks are better suited to the routes, and in my opinion are far superior to the B5s that they have on the X9/X10!

(15 Oct 2019, 11:14 am)streetdeckfan

Exactly, they should have just kept and extended the 18 instead of extending the X21. The StreetDecks struggle to get round the estate, especially with the way people round here park!

I also think the route around Woodhouse minus Proudfoot Drive would be better suited as hail and ride rather than having normal stops

Probably because the StreetDecks are better suited to the routes, and in my opinion are far superior to the B5s that they have on the X9/X10!

Not really the answer I was looking for, I was looking for something more factual, maybe running costs/reliability ect.

(15 Oct 2019, 11:49 am)Big O

Not really the answer I was looking for, I was looking for something more factual, maybe running costs/reliability ect.

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As much as people like today the StreetDecks are unreliable, it has been said a couple times on here that the StreetDecks are some of the most reliable in the fleet (well, the 67 plates are, the early 16 plates are apparently rather unreliable)

I know it's not 'factual', but from my experience anyway the StreetDecks are more comfortable and rattle less on 'normal' roads than the B5s, but the B5s are better on the motorway, the StreetDecks feel a bit gutless on the motorway section of the X21.

(15 Oct 2019, 9:45 am)Big O Can anyone tell me why GNE only purchased a handful of B5s compared to the Streetdecks.

I dont think the Volvo engine was Low Carbon certified

https://www.lowcvp.org.uk/initiatives/lceb/lceb-testing/lceb-cert.htm

(15 Oct 2019, 9:45 am)Big O Can anyone tell me why GNE only purchased a handful of B5s compared to the Streetdecks.

(15 Oct 2019, 3:07 pm)cbma06 Is it not because of the low bridge on the X30 route? The B5’s can get through but the streetdecks can’t


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(15 Oct 2019, 3:09 pm)streetdeckfan Are you not thinking of the E400s? The B5s are on X9/X10

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anyone know the fleetnumbers of the E400s

(15 Oct 2019, 3:07 pm)cbma06 Is it not because of the low bridge on the X30 route? The B5’s can get through but the streetdecks can’t


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The X30 have low height E400 not Streetdecks or B5s

(15 Oct 2019, 3:13 pm)JP6004

The X30 have low height E400 not Streetdecks or B5s

(15 Oct 2019, 3:26 pm)streetdeckfan This is what happens when you have a mixed fleet. Everyone gets confused!

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Well now Wrightbus is starting to re-open and new vehicles will be on their way soon, I can see a lot more confusion with the green liveried Xlines livery on the E400 and Streetdecks...to be fair I think they do look kind of similar anyway

(15 Oct 2019, 3:45 pm)JP6004

Well now Wrightbus is starting to re-open and new vehicles will be on their way soon, I can see a lot more confusion with the green liveried Xlines livery on the E400 and Streetdecks...to be fair I think they do look kind of similar anyway

(15 Oct 2019, 3:45 pm)JP6004

Well now Wrightbus is starting to re-open and new vehicles will be on their way soon, I can see a lot more confusion with the green liveried Xlines livery on the E400 and Streetdecks...to be fair I think they do look kind of similar anyway

Don’t really understand the confusion, gold and green off stand f is sunniside & Stanley, not many people travel to Consett on the X30 from Newcastle. Gold & green off stand C is Metrocentre & Rowlands Gill. Can’t imagine there’ll be any driver confusion tbh.

(15 Oct 2019, 3:59 pm)Stanleyone

Don’t really understand the confusion, gold and green off stand f is sunniside & Stanley, not many people travel to Consett on the X30 from Newcastle. Gold & green off stand C is Metrocentre & Rowlands Gill. Can’t imagine there’ll be any driver confusion tbh.

It was the bus model that was referred to not the service. Cmba06 got confused between E400 and Streetdeck

(15 Oct 2019, 4:08 pm)JP6004

It was the bus model that was referred to not the service. Cmba06 got confused between E400 and Streetdeck