(17 Feb 2016, 12:07 am)Ambassador wrote I've always liked the Tridents. They were a welcome  relief after the Omnicities 21 disaster, I'll always remember them from original 723/4 branding to the pink front coaster body branding to the 24 hr 21 branding

It's always a nice surprise when one pops up in normal service on the 21

Vykings however are the work of the devil

I wasn't really interested in buses during that period of time, but I remember being told about the OmniCities being completely unsuitable, with people left behind frequently. Whenever I see a Lolyne, I have an urge to bash it, as they're so small in number now.

I agree about the Vykings. Their dual-door features were completely unsuitable for the infrastructure up here (for example, rear doors opening onto the face of a bus shelter), and most of them didn't know what had hit them when they'd gone from trundling around the streets of London at 30mph to Newcastle-Bishop Auckland. I like 3983, it is seemingly well-liked overall, and it's quite a speedy machine. Shame about the Voith gearbox.