(11 Aug 2021, 11:57 am)mb134 wrote Just as an illustration of the points made, here's a quick snapshot of some of the vehicles on 'premium' (Sapphire for ANE, X-Lines for GNE) NE routes at present/at some stage today:But isn't this norm in the summer months whilst Schools are off to carry out important maintenance as I recall Dan mentioned this a week or 2 ago in relation to Go North East.
ANE:
43/44/45: 1574, 1581, 1582, 1583, 7562
X21/22: 4664, 7411, 7446, 7484, and a couple of MAX E400s.
22/23/24: 1476, 1579, 1580
X3/X4: Various Temsas and standard Pulsars
GNE:
X1: 6099, 6168, 6169
X15: 6919
X20: 5486, 8342
X21: 6142, 6173
X30/31/45/46/70/71: 9056, 5441, 5409
That's about 5 minutes of having a look at Bustimes (with the usual caveat there). Appreciate there are day to day challenges, but it isn't a great look - particularly in some cases where the allocation should be brand new buses, having that many off isn't a good sign.
I can't say the same for Arriva as nothing really is ever allocated to the correct route.