(09 Aug 2024, 12:15 pm)tyresmoke wrote Yeah I’ve driven round the routes many times and while Solos are used on the 96, the roads really aren’t great and they’re arguably too big. It’s tendered for as a 16 seater but Arriva link it with the 323 school which requires a 30 seat (or thereabouts). They also run the 318 which is on the 95 board. I would have them the other way around as the 318 requires a minibus while 323 you could theoretically run any single deck on (though I am sure a DD has done it before, albeit presumably missing Castleton station!)
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Yeah had a feeling it might have been a case, it's a shame they couldn't offload the 323 onto something else and use 2601-2603 on the services, they'd be ideal for it really and when assuming they eventually get shot of 2852/2853/2854/2859, Ashington aren't stuck with a microfleet of Solo's which they can't seem to keep on the road.