(19 Feb 2022, 7:41 pm)Storx wrote It's only been a few weeks, surely a new bus should be expected to do that.I wouldn't say Blyth's routes are exactly hard with the exception of a few twists and turns on the X8. A batch of StreetDecks would replace the DB300s fine for Blyth's work.
Some of the Gemini's at Blyth which are 12 year old now and do exactly don't exactly do the easiest routes either (admit not as hard as the X10) have been in service every day excluding (Christmas etc) since the start of December. Now that's impressive reliability
Ashington's X21/X22 is another story. But after seeing GNE use them fine on the X1 including recent extensions to Dalton Park & Peterlee, I reckon they'd just cut it.