(07 Apr 2023, 7:40 am)tvd wrote Whitby / Redcar should've had some of the new minibuses Darlington got, to replace the Solos.
After all, Whitby's Solos are just as old, and when spare are often required on longer routes as well as the 95 and 96, so surely newer replacements would be at least as needed there as Darlington.

All the Solo's need replacing. The sheds at Ashington are just as bad and the microfleet at Darlington could do with replacement aswell. There's breakdowns at Ashington nearly daily lately and that's really not exaggerating either. They can get away with it though as the next board is just replaced with a Pulsar or Decker.

Not to mention they had a Decker on the 553 aswell since 2601 and 2602 were both VOR yesterday.

They're becoming as bad as their older brothers, the Metrorider's, at the end of their life imo.