(05 May 2015, 6:00 am)Robert wrote The lolynes arent DDA compliant either.
I'd suggest this is probably the main reason for the commencement of the withdrawal of the Dennis Trident/East Lancs Lolyne withdrawal. There may well be other reasons which are linked to reliability (hence why 3803 and 3858 were selected above two Olympians), but these reasons probably aren't the main reason.
They have seen 15 years of active service, and are now confined to scholar duties most of the time, but newer stock has been available to be sourced from another Go-Ahead subsidiary, so it makes sense to start to replace them to maximise any potential sale value (however unlikely, given that operators would only have 18 months with them before they have to make modifications or bin them).