(04 Jun 2015, 8:56 am)mb134 wrote Ah okay, guess it goes back to the discussion the other evening doesn't it, the North East needs new double deckers!The Lowlander's seem dreadful these days, they are all pretty well shot now, they often seem to break down often in the worst places such as 7443 broke down at the roundabout up by New College one morning which caused traffic chaos in the area and 7444 never seems to want to leave Durham Bus Station so often breaks down before leaving the bus station. Some are very rarely on the road, I have hardly ever seen 7442 recently. Then there is the state of the interior where many of the seats have been vandalised with many of the seats now saying Turban90 on the back and some look like they have been ripped far back.
I remember that 7438 was frequently off the road at Ashington, and if I recall correctly stood in the yard for months before its Durham move. 7437 seemed the only decent one.
Hope that the 57-reg batch are looked after a bit better
Can't wait to see these go as they are rather an embarrassment especially with them Urban90's seats, so I can't wait for their replacements.