(18 Sep 2014, 8:57 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote I'm only being honest though. If Arriva actually cared about quality, Blyth and Ashington would be full of reliable B9TL's / N230's rather than cheap turbocharged Cummins engined deckers. ANE could've easily ordered the Scania euro 5 option for the X21 / X22 and X18 but did they? No, they just thought about so called "economy" rather than reliability and durability.The new E400's I've been on, have seemed pacey enough. Overall, I know a couple of the older ones weren't too reliable on the X93 but that route is quite a bit more challenging than the X21/22 or any of Blyths routes. I agree that for the X15/18 B9TL's may be a bit better but another reason could be, as stated many times previously, Arriva may buy E400's as they are suitable for pretty much all other routes in the country.
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