(27 Apr 2021, 4:59 pm)Micheal Aaron wrote Ashington can't seem to decide what to allocate to the 35/X21/X22 and the 57/57A. Two darts and two solos allocate to the 57rota (more than likely change soon since the problems they have had) and the 35/X21/X22 meant to double deckers. Yet lately it seems to be the other way round. Tbh Arriva should allocate Long Single Deck buses to the 57/57A. The amount of times I've seen them both full is very shocking why arriva won't allocate them full size single deck buses
One board on the 57 cycle is now requiring a single deck or above. All other boards are absolutely fine with minibuses, even with their current reduced capacity, so a full conventional allocation would be pointless and would increase costs substantially.
(27 Apr 2021, 5:12 pm)Storx wrote If I'm right though 2809, 4659, 7446, 7484, 7515, 7517, 7529, 7530, 7532, 7541 and 7556 have all been VOR at some point today which is impressive even for Ashington.
Again, MAX vehicles being the downfall. The cancelled order last year looking a worse decision each day.
7515 has broke down two days running (Ashington engineering shining again, fix it properly the first time), 7530 has been 'local' for weeks for some reason. 7517 has been beyond unreliable for years now, even when it was 'X14' branded back at the MAX revamp I remember comments on Facebook from passengers noting that it was constantly having issues.