(15 Feb 2014, 6:38 pm)northtynelinks2 wrote Does the 5 even need buses the size of those B7s or even a cadet or could a MPD manage the haul it gets? I would say it is a minor route so wouldn't need that many seats. But if GNE know that there are problems with those 5 cadets (the number of them not the service), why cant they have a extra close look at them and then see what can be done to get them fixed, rather than just leaving them. Of course they are going through a busy period with repainting buses etc. but surely maintaining the welfare of buses is more important.
tyresmoke said last night - there are a number of problems with Cadets universally, not just with Go North East.
He gave the example of Arriva's Cadets having the same problems they have now since new.
Won't be a maintenance issue, just a flaw with that vehicle type - the ones allocated to the South Tyne 5 show these problems the most because they are the eldest in the fleet.