(18 Sep 2022, 8:16 am)Rob44 wrote Have arriva north east received some new small single decker's as well as those double decker's that are oin the x21 route. I was sitting in the hotspur drinking away and cant decide if i dreamt all these new buses or they were actually there as we've been told numerous times on here that arriva NE are being run into the ground and will get zero new equipment?

PS bee nice if i've just missed the post saying they were coming, i have a terrible hangover!!

Maybe they had plans before covid? But got put on hold for obvious reasons.

Arriva's Northumbria network looks to have recovered mostly well bar a few rotten eggs that should hopefully be sorted in time.

Hopefully Blyth's turn next year......I'd say if anything for the 308 (and 306 if interworking), send 12x of whatever is due to Blyth to Ashington then let 7541-52 see out their time at Blyth on the 308. I doubt GNE will allocate anything newer than 67 reg StreetDecks on the 309/310/311 (cascaded presumably off the 21) unless they won some sort of Green Bus fund bid or GAG's new investors had a change of heart.