(07 Apr 2021, 7:48 pm)mb134 wrote On paper, though, Ashington are currently 5 buses up (4 once the summer X18 comes on). 7445/6/84/86 and 7510 are, in theory, surplus to requirements - especially when dupes are no longer needed. If their engineering staff could figure out how to fix the buses properly, rather than bodge jobs, then the B7s wouldn't have been needed at all for the past few months.
I would be careful about what you say it's very slanderous. I'm a Driver with Arriva & can assure you there's no "bodge jobs" where safety is concerned!