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(15 Aug 2019, 6:23 am)Dan wrote <br></p><p>
</p><p><br></p><p>Have to agree with you.</p><p><br></p><p>The Streetlites aren't everyone's cup of tea, but if nothing else, they're a pretty darn reliable bus. Send them out in the morning and they're usually alright to operate a full day's service without having any major issues.</p><p><br></p><p>Arriva do seem to have more issues with them though - Darlington had all manner of problems with the MAX Streetlites, and of course there was the time where Stockton did not allocate a number of Streetlites to the 5/5A for a while due to "reliability issues".</p><p>

</p><p><br></p><p>Stockton’s swap was due to the Streetlites struggling to keep to time on the old 5/5a timetable. A swap with the Pulsars off 15s was to see if Pulsars could keep to time. When they also struggled, the new revised timetable was drawn up. A couple of Streetlites were also local only due to being fitted with&nbsp;new engines. A couple are still ‘local’ only due to issues but one should be on S1s for now while there’s one 5a board on weekdays and two on Saturdays which only work&nbsp;5As so that could be classed as local only.</p>