(25 Feb 2018, 12:14 am)Malarkey wrote In terms of age of the vehicle allocated yes it is a downgrade.

However, those newer vehicles have an inferior specification internally. They're also only 3 years older which, on a route like the 306, isn't going to make a difference at all in terms of reliability or performance, especially when they were better vehicles to start off with. 

(25 Feb 2018, 11:15 am)omnicity4659 wrote In terms of vehicle specification, and passenger comfort, it's an upgrade.

Exactly.