(09 Jan 2022, 12:13 am)OrangeArrow49 wrote GCT's fleet is new?
I am in the West End of Newcastle. Arriva's buses are quite old apart from those on the 306/308.
You were insinuating that you don't trust Arriva to turn up due to "ageing" buses - yet there has been frequent discussion on here about GCT not turning up for various reasons, and you travel with them happily.
So you live in Newcastle. Arriva's Jesmond fleet is predominantly 2008-2012 E400s, Pulsars, and Solo's with a decent chunk 2014/5 Streetlites. With absolutely no disrespect towards the operator, I understand it's hard for independents at the best of times, that's hardly ageing compared to the A-Line service fleet that you say you'd use. Indeed, based on other posts you seem to use the 42/42A - a service operated by 2011/12 GNE Solo's, or are they magically younger than Arriva's stock from the same years?