(01 Aug 2025, 10:50 am)L469 YVK wrote To be fair, the Pulsar Gemini's are aging far better than their Daimler powered successors at GNE's Riverside & Washington - some of them considerably younger than the Geminis too! And no doubt they'll probably have to carry more passengers soon, bailing out knackered ones pulled up on the Coast Road or along the seafront with their hazards on!
The DB300s, along with the SB200s, have put in a ridiculously good shift for Arriva really.
I caught 7632 yesterday and it performed very well with a full load on the 306, indeed it's been some time since I've been on a DB300 which performed poorly. I know they look a tad shabby externally, but the interior on most of them has held up well imo.
The SB200 Pulsar has to be right up there as one of the best low-floor single decks produced to be honest, they rarely put a foot wrong and have consistently performed well on demanding work since new. It's a shame it went to Yorkshire and blew its engine, but 1407 was a genuine missile for years and constantly bailed Ashington out on express boards.