(27 May 2023, 8:15 pm)Storx wrote Did they actually have much of a PVR reduction since pre Covid?
As far as I'm aware things are largely the same however about 3/4 Pulsars headed North to Ashington which were never replaced. Relying on 18 year old B7's is never a good idea either for one of the hardest routes in the North East.
The Solo's are just shot to bits, Ashington have 6 to operate a PVR of 4 again, assume 2830 has gone up to help release one of the Decker's, no doubt a full size bus will still be on again in a few days time. They all badly need to go.
I had a ride on 2866 on the 81 from Redcar to Guisborough this afternoon and my god it was gutless, really struggled with the hills on that route, probs why it almost half an hour late!
(27 May 2023, 8:17 pm)tyresmoke wrote The 2 deckers aren’t additional as Pulsars 1433/39 have gone the other way. Additional capacity wise but no extra vehicles.
I would expect further loans to turn up though, things are in a bad way should we say at Redcar and Whitby
Even with 7575/76 today, they still struggled with single decks including 4704, 1435 & 1572 appearing on the X93, with 1564 later finding its way onto the X94 (amongst all sorts of swapping of buses around).