(22 Jan 2018, 11:24 pm)Driver9*** wrote It was withdrawn because some drivers were refusing to drive it. The suspension was shot and it swayed badly at speed as well as the brakes (which had always been iffy on this bus) being very poor. No matter, Arriva certainly got their money's worth out of it, just like they are with the 15 year old ex London buses such as 7410, 7485 etc.

Shame, still seemed to want to shift when I caught up with it in the summer. 

Those ex London Geminis must be on their last legs now too to be honest. I was driving into Bedlington behind one on the 43 last month, and it barely made it up the hill. I was doing less than 5mph and still closing the gap.