(23 Jan 2020, 6:23 pm)L469 YVK wrote Sorry to say this but after driving through Gosforth today, Arriva looks very run down. The only decent and or new vehicles within Northumbria now are 7541-52.

- Allocations on Jesmond routes are a joke
- 8-10 year old VDL Geminis still running some of Blyth's 'goldmine' services with cast off E400s and Volvo B7TLs also seeing use.
- Non existent Customer Services and Service Delivery

Not saying GNE and SNE are perfect by any means but the whole of Arriva's operation needs a shake up from top to bottom. Will probably never happen until DB sell it after asset stripping it. I personally hope whoever buys the operations from DB (either in whole or part) give them some much needed TLC.

There's nothing wrong with the VDL Gemini 2s I get the X7 every day Monday to Friday which is a gemini 2 or Pulsar and both are very nice to ride. As for the B7s they are in amazing condition for their age especially compared to GNEs B7s which have horrible GAL seats and have rear doors yet get used in reversing bay bus stations as for arriva's they were refurbished and had the rear doors removed.