(19 Feb 2021, 2:45 pm)Jimmi wrote One thing I don't think that's helped Arriva is all the Clean Air Zones being introduced or planned to be introduced, the one in Leicester has ended up in a swap shop of buses between depots and divisions. They are now running into the same issue as GNE with Citaros which can't be made Euro 6 with current supplier (or just don't want to) on Green Line routes so are supposedly getting E200MMCs from somewhere to take their place.

If you think we've got it bad, should see some of the other fleets that are still running older stuff than us, there's still W reg Dennis Trident ALX400s running around Luton and 51 plate MPDs in some areas. Think our problem is the nature of some of our routes are just killers.

The Green Line 724 is getting 7 E200MMCs from Maidstone to replace the 7 Citaros at Harlow which are going to Guildford, which then replace 7 Optare Versas which are going to Maidstone. This because the Citaros don't comply with TfL's Euro 6 emissions requirements., The 724 from Harlow to Heathrow enters the TfL area North West of Uxbridge and Heathrow is also in same area.

First Berkshire are also transferring their remaining Citaros to First Midlands at Worcester, which are being replaced by Volvo B7RLEs from Southampton (these are being replaced by StreetLites from Portsmouth following the delivery of a batch of E200MMCs there at the end of 2019). First Berkshire operates three services to Heathrow and one into Uxbridge which these Citaros will not be permitted to be used.