(17 Feb 2021, 10:23 pm)Storx wrote Whatever you think of DB, they're no-where near that level.

Tbf though this isn't the first time it's happened as it happened 15 years ago pre DB aswell with Scanias at Blyth which we're leaking, Metroriders on the X31/X32 often. The 308 being ran by the extremely outdated ex London Olympian N113's. Seems to be a trend with Arriva. Arriva North East are arguable in a much better place atm rather than the likes of Prismas doing the X1 and X93 constantly breaking down and so on plus Prestiges in general.

Yeah it seems cyclical. Those at the top seem to think large scale investment needs to happen two or three times per 10-15 years, still living in the years of Leyland/Volvo Olympians... If you look at Arriva as a whole, there has been investment at a more steady pace in other regions, Yorkshire, Merseyside and some of the ones down south spring to mind.

DB, ultimately, don't control the day to day goings on at ANE. The regional MD is responsible there, for things like shoddy presentation and deteriorating reliability - lets not forget the new MD has an engineering heavy CV, so its surprising that the overall standard appears to have nosedived since he took over the show.