(08 Mar 2024, 10:46 pm)Storx wrote Seems like the problems down South are now starting to creep in up here.

Not sure whether it's driver related but it appears there's been a few cancellations at Blyth and Ashington today and a complete lack of buses left due to breakdowns and accidents.

It's almost like you can't keep taking contracts on and not send buses to actually do the work or the buses they do send are near 12+ years old.

Not sure how accidents, including a car driving head on into a bus, mean that problems are "creeping in". Ultimately they can only carry a certain percentage of spares and, while I've been critical of their engineering in the past, it's very clear that the only reason Ashington appear to have missed runs to due a lack of a bus is due to an accident. 

Equally, what's wrong with them taking on contracts and using older stock? All of the buses allocated to recent contract wins (434, 777) have completed their duties today as far as I can tell?