(19 Feb 2024, 8:55 am)Aaron21 wrote This has to be a first. Ashington don't have any of the long solos out on the 57/57A. Maybe (I hope) Ashington have came to the senses and finally realised the 57/57A can't handle being them anymore

More than likely just broken again. Checking Bustimes and the caveats.

2601 - Appears to have died on the Spine Road on Wednesday, never returned.
2602 - 434
2603 - 434
2852 - Came in last run Saturday, not out again
2853 - Appears to have died on Saturday in Bedlington
2854 - Appears to have limped through losing time big time, with it then running empty and running short from Bedlington Station and pulled off and assuming the ticket machine thrown into something else.
2859 - Appears to have gone wrong in Stakeford on Friday, before limping back to the depot.