(21 Jan 2022, 7:14 pm)mb134 wrote I'm led to believe they're also due a fairly substantial new vehicle order, which is likely to see off many of the older vehicles you mention.

If that's true then it'll be some long overdue new vehicles for Arriva North East. Aside from those I mentioned before, hopefully we might also see the ALX400's go from Belmont cause they're 17-ish years old now. 

(21 Jan 2022, 9:15 pm)Jimmi wrote Wish same could be said at Darlington who are allocating a Solo on the 7 most days lately owing to the deckers being required on some 1/5/5A/X1 & X26/X27 boards further messed up by gas buses being away and StreetLite's being... StreetLite's (1590-94 + 1602/04/11/12/13 all off today, 1591/93 & 1612/13 have been off for a month now).

The Solo's at Darlington was another one I was thinking about. You'd hope once the Ecocity's are done and at least some of those Streetlites are mended it shouldn't be as bad tbf. Also those Omnilinks have hardly been used so wonder what's going on there. I suppose with some of the Omnicities already withdrawn and the PVR decreases on the town services the Solo's have unfortunately filled the void. Perhaps when the rest of the Omnicities go a couple of extra full size single decks could be transferred in.