(05 Nov 2021, 3:00 pm)Storx wrote It doesn't really need any new buses just something more reliable, the 3 08 plates have been quite unreliable for awhile now and what I've heard in the past the Blyth ones were just as bad so you might aswell add 2810 aswell.

Admit 2812/2813 haven't been too bad either but they're getting on a bit now, it doesn't help that they keep getting rattled on the X14 either all day lately. They need retired to the stuff like the Darlington town work ideally where they just potter around estates all day.

The Arriva Durham 57/58 seems to have similar problems bar it's the Enviro 200's and also Solo's having problems down there.

If only the Darlington Solos were used only to potter around estates all day. They're regular performers on services to which they are wholly unsuited including the X1, X26, X27, X66, X67, Sapphire 1, 5, 5A and Sapphire 7. It would of course help if the large squadron of  Omnicities were to be retired and replaced with something more modern and hence reliable. Then vehicle allocation nay have a chance of stabilising, but current policy won't allow that any time soon.