(21 Oct 2014, 1:26 pm)Dan wrote Jimmi seems to use service 7 quite a lot, at various times of day, suggesting that overcrowding issues aren't limited to specific times... Are Arriva going to make a sensible move by ordering double deckers for the entire PVR, opposed to just a couple of boards where issues are most apparent?
It would also be a good time to buy an extra spare vehicle for the X21/X22 (the newest bus would make up part of the PVR whilst one of the older refurbed examples would be the spare)... We've seen that there is quite a few issues at Ashington at the moment, which, over time, will presumably get worse rather than better...
No it'll be around half converted to deckers I understand, but the Pulsars displaced by them will go to service 6 along with a number of new single/double decks.
I think half of the problems at Ashington are of their own making, but it can be turned around, if Redcar can do it then I'm sure Ashington can... They've got a number of extra buses to make up for the E400s being away for refurb so they can't use vehicle shortages as an excuse, indeed I notice 7483 is still in use!