(04 Jan 2024, 5:07 pm)Storx wrote Must say I don't particularly see the point in replacing 55 plate ALX400's with 58 plate Enviro 400's from another division, especially running in front line service. It's not exactly much of an improvement.
People slag off the Arriva fleet but the Stagecoach fleet is as bad, shockingly poor cascades.
The East Midlands fleet might aswell be a heritage fleet.
i really do think that since when i worked at SNE and there was a plan in place where the big money making divisions were getting batches of new vehicles bi annually with a set fleet management plan, it does not feel like that is the case any more.
for example torquay and northampton getting brand new MMCs to try and bring up the standard of tourist and student services whilst dare i say it (again) a year round money making operation like the north east which traditionally has a higher percentage of people using public transport is slowly getting older and older buses or as i focused attention on recently busier and busier services which arent getting remedied