(20 May 2015, 8:02 pm)mb134 wrote But then, if Arriva knew there were more last year do you not think they would have bought the four GNE have for the X18? (Nothing against what is operating it currently btw)
When Kuyoyo was insistent Arriva had purchased the last Volvo B9s all those months ago, I did say there was more out there and Arriva could have had them if they wanted them... I was shunned!
Fast forward a few months - lo and behold, there was still quite a large number remaining. GNE favoured the Volvo B9 as their double decker (no coincidence 34 were purchased in the last financial year, as they wouldn't be around to purchase new after that!) Arriva didn't prefer the B9s, and this perhaps explains why they didn't get any more Volvo B9s than they needed.