(24 Oct 2022, 7:04 pm)toward6931 wrote not a good day on the roads today. I was on the 71 out of Newcastle travelling on 24112 i believe it was, had to vehicle change at slatyford depot due to a defect, the new vehicle was 24110 I believe , driver said it was the 2nd vehicle change on the 71 today.The question is will Stagecoach invest though. Like now it’s all very well moving the better buses to Newcastle and buying new for there but then why should Hartlepool continue to get buses which really are no good and end up getting the ones which are no good at Newcastle. They should really invest in all depots across the region but we know they won’t.
within literally 1 minute at the westerhope roundabout smoke started pouring out from a hole in the vehicle deck, (could literally see the road through the gap) every time the driver accelerated hard or braked hard, a few punters nearly had a panic but once pulled over (like every time i went to a breakdown with SNE) the defect disappears. after i got off and the vehicle pulled away what happens thick smoke again. the amount of smoke that ended up in the passenger saloon that vehicle would not pass a PSV MOT. there needs to be a massive investment soon or service will massively suffer
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