(27 Apr 2014, 9:27 am)Robert wrote There really isn't any need for a Diamond upgrade just yet as the Citaros cope very well on the Diamond services. Its just the maintenance side of things that isn't as suggested before by Dan. The Lime and Toon Link however, because of the buses they currently use (or most of them in the Toon Link case) are very unreliable and its the buses that are the problem and not the Maintenance.
With the lime I have to say that 4850-4855 are the worst. I don't know whether to include 4896 in that as I don't know which Lime a Chester-le-Street spare is replacing so I just assume its the older 6 buses on the route.
But how many times do you see a non-Lime branded vehicle on the 8 or 78? I still use the 8 quite often, and it's very rare that a branded B10 doesn't turn up. I'd doubt they'd be seen as very unreliable given that?