(26 Aug 2023, 3:59 pm)mb134 wrote There being something behind it isn't in doubt, there's a statement from Arriva there confirming it. But for half the Redcar & Whitby fleet to be found unroadworthy would mean around 30 vehicles would have to be pulled from the road. If it was that serious then there's not a chance that there wouldn't have been bigger waves made at the time.
It's the level of seriousness which is doubtful. As you'll know there are small things which a driver may not check in the morning which would be a PG9 and the DVSA would take off the road, however would be extremely quick to fix.
This isn't a post to defend the engineering at Redcar & Whitby either, as I've said a few times I think there's huge room for improvement there. It's more to point out that the situation likely isn't as bad as the article wants you to think it is.
Ah I didn’t get round to reading the whole article but yes that makes sense. It definitely wasn’t 30 vehicles and I think about 8 or 9 rings a bell.
The state of the fleet there isn’t helped by the pressure of trying to run services, some very demanding, with an ageing and tiring fleet. There’s a few long term VOR that I suspect they don’t have the budget to fix which in turn puts pressure on the rest of the fleet. The Streetlite that went bang (quite spectacularly) on Thursday has been running around for months with a poorly turbo but they’ll be under pressure to keep them going, caused primarily by the double deck fleet being poor.
Redcar haven’t managed full run out in months, even with a reduced operation on a Saturday they’ve had several boards missing today. It’s noteworthy when all 13 63s are operating on a weekday!
They won’t be helped by the two E400s going home this weekend either…
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