(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…
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think it's been mentioned in the past week or so, but the best thing that could happen is a substantial order for some new single deck vehicles to replace the tired Temsa's, and allow the Streetlites to be redeployed on more suitable work. It's said reasonably often that Arriva have no money, but that didn't stop a significant order for B8s for Wales and the NW last year (or the nationwide E400MMC order!).
I didn't realise 7575/6 were moving back so soon. I would say that, at least when they arrived, a couple of Ashington drivers I'd talked to said that the Redcar Pulsars they received were pretty good to drive.