(01 Feb 2014, 9:48 pm)Davey Bowyer wrote It is in a way because if the 308 was to get into Blyth late, but another service got there on time and had time to spare, it could then cover for the late 308 and the late 308 would make it onto another service with a couple of minutes spare. It's wrong though that Arriva don't have any fleet planning in place to cover this because if they are constantly being used for that purpose, then the Volvo B5LH'S won't last two minutes. They're only designed for town and city work, not endurance or express work.

Lets not forget they have a spare hybrid so they can have a full runout on 308 and still have one left over to put elsewhere if all 11 are on the road. Of course come March there will no longer be a spare.