(26 Jul 2023, 10:17 am)mb134 wrote Can't comment on the ADL part of it, but the Olympus bodied B9s that Stagecoach Bluebird operated were beyond horrendous. Reliability was an issue sure, but the bodywork seemed very poorly put together.
The interiors of those were also pretty grim, everything from the lighting to the seats made for a pretty unpleasant passenger experience.
They're East Lanc buses as far as I'm aware rather than Optare which probably says enough considering Arriva's 57 Plates were withdrawn well before they were expected to and similar the Scania N113's beforehand which were as bad.
They're not exactly well known for good bodywork before they went bust.
If these do turn up GNE aren't half getting some crap lately, other operators who's name I've already mentioned in this post would be rightly getting criticised if they were sending rubbish like this up.