(12 Dec 2024, 8:50 pm)L469 YVK wrote Daft question.....if Arriva got shot of their 59 plate Gemini's from Blyth and completely out of Arriva, would it not be worth GNE buying them 2nd hand as a 'tideover'? They ride pretty well given their age and could probably get them for a good bargain if it saved Arriva needing to drive them elsewhere in the country or the admin hassle with the scrapyard!
They ride pretty well on the 308 (very similar calibre route to the 21 in the most part) and they're low height too!
GNE don't have any of the VDL stuff so I'm not sure they'd want to take on a small fleet of different vehicles, if they were B9s though, there might be more of a chance.