(10 Mar 2017, 4:11 pm)mb134 wrote I'm unsure what the Gosforth residents expect? Arriva forking out for a new fleet of vehicles every 5 years? 

They seem to be complaining about the age of the buses, and that 'they can't operate in other parts of the country'. Just a few cities that have buses operating of a similar age to the DAF/ALX400's that they are complaining about: Glasgow, Aberdeen, Manchester, York, Hull, Liverpool. 

They also seem to be taking issue at the presence of express buses, which is quite comical, it's not like they've just appeared all of a sudden.

I don't think they are complaining about the presence of express services along there local corridor at all, I would say they are complaining about a service which is being operated by 17/18 Year Old Vehicles which carry a Euro 2 Vehicle Emission rating, while other services have seen significant investment whether that be with new vehicles like on the X21/X22 or have had an Interior Refurb with other upgrades such as Wifi retrofitted etc to improve a passengers experience of using it's services, why should those passengers using the 43/44/45 not be offered the same level of service as those on others on other routes along the same corridor.