(21 Jan 2016, 5:05 pm)Andreos1 wrote Each MPD registered with the DVLA during the same window as 555, will be due their MOT around about the same period.
I am guessing they must be expecting 555 to fail miserably, to go to the expense of hiring a bus in.
That or the expected repair bill isn't cost effective.
It does not have to be the same as 555. MOT's can be done in advance, say 1 month, now the age of this vehicle, if in some years it had been done in advance, it could have a different schedule to say 556.
Unlike a car, a bus gets a MOT from year 1 not year 3.