(16 Apr 2016, 1:10 pm)Cock Robin wrote They only got them 'cos they were dealer stock going cheap.
Why would they be doing nothing - could use them on other Redcar routes (or elsewhere even) freeing up older stuff to reserve.
Even if they were 'going cheap', they'd still cost quite a bit of money, you're never going to buy a brand new B9TL for the price of a Vauxhall Corsa. I think it needs to be accepted that Arriva, especially in this case, didn't do anything 'cheap'.