(09 Nov 2016, 8:15 pm)Tom wrote Yeah they are great buses despite their age!
I hope PCL travel make it work too as I would much rather an independent be running the services, but they just need to make themselves look a bit more professional.
I can't think of too many vehicles that would be able to do those routes any better, and they are something else in terms of reliability. I was surprised that Spirit didn't try and get one of 4501-14 when Arriva were scrapping them.
I'm not too bothered who is running them, as long as they run them well. If it came to it, I think Arriva would do a good job of running the services, Ashington seem to do a pretty good job with their current rural routes.