(02 Aug 2023, 10:29 pm)tyresmoke wrote The 96 being a contract makes it worse… the 95 is at least commercial but you can get a big bus round 95% of that.
2862 is withdrawn along with 2871. That leaves them with 60, 63, 66 and 70 for two boards… and they can’t even manage that


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It's poor mind I must say, I know I go on about the Solo's, a lot, but they really need to bite the bullet and invest in something that can actually do the services. What, I don't know, but they're not fit for purpose it's not as if they need that many to get the remaining lot out excluding 2601 - 2603.

Ashington (5) - 57/57A + Spare
Durham (4) - 58 + Spare (Could even upgrade to full size bus?)
Whitby (3) - 95/96 + Spare
Darlington (2?) - Replace remaining Solo's

I'm sure the lads down in Tunbridge Wells will be over the moon to have another journey down in some of them, they must've been gutted when they got up here and found out what they were in for

Even GCT can manage to get a nice fleet of Enviro 200 MMC's and excluding the 57/57A and 95 it's all contract work so arguably no different.