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RE: Go North East
Just to confirm, the first to arrive will be the six new deckers for the X9/X10, alll of which will be in service w/c 11 August. These will be followed by the Red Arrows deckers, which will see these services fully double-deck operated.

(24/07/2012 16:10)B.I.Q. Wrote:  The TEN will be converted to double decker operation at some point, it's a case of when. The suitability of both a standard diesel and a hybrid Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 will be tested on the route to see which is most appropriate. If it is deemed that hybrid deckers are suitable for the route, funding will be sought after from the Green Bus Fund. It is also likely that another batch of vehicles will be applied for though the Green Bus Fund.

I'd be interested to know where B.I.Q gets his information! There is no Green Bus Funding on offer from the DfT at the moment, so there are no plans to use hybrids on service TEN. Unless a GBF offer is suddenly available, I would anticipate that the TENs new vehicles will all be hi-spec B9s.