I know what you mean Jimmi, I was on 1305 on 64 this week and it really struggled around Newton Hall. Although the last time I was on 1305 was on X4 and the doors blew open on the A66...
Given they were refurbished in 2011 for Arriva Scotland West and from what I've read in the trade press, Arriva are happy with getting 4 years from a refurbishment and given the state of the buses it probably wasn't worth the money modifying them all for the DDA deadline if some won't manage to last that long until the end of 2015.
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