(26 Aug 2023, 5:25 pm)tyresmoke wrote 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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Arriva NE really do need a sizeable order of new busses. I doubt it will happen anytime soon.
