(21 Sep 2016, 5:21 pm)Dan wrote Even if they are in a very bad state mechanically; I can't see Arriva disposing of them at nine years of age, when they've still got plenty of double-decks new in 2000 and 2001 to dispose of.
On that note - with service X18 reverting to its winter timetable from Sunday, 7481 will be withdrawn from service at Ashington:
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/NEB/news/?id=2261
Meanwhile the minibus PVR will increase, so 1764 will move from the reserve fleet to Ashington's allocated fleet:
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/NEB/news/?id=2260
No mention on the latest Fleet Allocation document about what will happen to 2816, but other movements are on the links below:
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/NEB/news/?id=2262
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/NEB/news/?id=2263
The latest fleet movements over the past few weeks have been added to our news/fleet lists. Not a great deal of information has been posted on the forum recently so I can't be sure that I've covered everything - if anyone spots anything I've missed, give me a shout!
Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but 1774 never actually entered service with Durham. It's been at Jesmond for the past 2-3 weeks at least.