Yet a few miles down the region, a shared Sapphire service of 10 PVR copes very well? The 7 only has 1 spare between two depots, which logistically must be worse than Ashington?
I suspect Ashington just have no handle on the service and simply allocate whatever they feel like. Typically.
Its a a bit like when Sapphire goes to Stockton & Redcar. I suspect Stockton will be on top of it, but Redcar will allocate Sapphire all over the place and wrong types turning up on X3/X4 left, right and centre.
If the existing mind set for ensuring correct allocation isn't there now, no amount of branded buses will change it.
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