(04 Feb 2014, 9:45 pm)Arcticrossy92 wrote Dont forget the Lime, a service which needs some new buses, I was very shocked, when new buses are popping up all other the place on Saltwell park, connections 4 (metrolink), and drifter, when the Lime should have got new buses long before the first two I mentioned.
Same with Venture, what was the point in getting rid of mini darts which have a few year service left him, to spend money on more small buses, cascaded down etc, when more 'prime' services need money spend on them, ie Lime, West durham swift, Pronto, WTX, there spending money on Venture.
Even cascading the Omnicities to services like Why Aye 5O, when theres nothing wrong with the buses on there, These buses are need in other places, not on services that havent had there current buses for that long! I remember when they took the solars off the Fab57, and now everyday Im reading stuff about those dual door renowns not turning up or going missing or blowing up.
Doesnt make any sense to me, I might be wrong and im sure there are reasons for these decisions that I dont know nothing about.
Just seems crazy that there are Northern branded Omnicities flying around when Pronto keeps blowing up, The lime got its buses from Beamish, the Venture buses look like something off Back to the future, and the WTX still hasnt managed a full journey without a problem.
MPDs are ageing and some of the Venture routes are quite demanding whereas not that many of the East Durham routes are demanding. The solars are also ageing and are starting to become unreliable so might aswell get replaced. The Lime is starting to become unreliable with northern spares been an every day occurance, although these are mainly Chester-Le-Street based buses that are off the road.