(12 Jul 2022, 11:00 pm)toward6931 wrote it feels to me that commonwealth games loans and lack of investment are starting to bite at SNE, i think i saw around 7 buses at slatyford which seemed to have lots of components missing. the oldest buses are 18 years old and for me I would say with a major metropolitan area and healthy riderbase that is a disappointing situation, the fact that buses are leaving the paint shop half complete just shows the dire situation
The lack of investment clearly not great, though the vehicles being cannibalised at Slatyford have either long been withdrawn or have been acquired for that purpose. There should still be plenty of spare buses around (at least notwithstanding the temp Commonwealth Games loans, which is always going to create some degree of pressure) due to previous frequency reductions.