(18 Oct 2025, 8:54 pm)Superman wrote The case has already been put forward. New double decker vehicles are coming for Ashington in 2026, along with 14 new electric vehicles for Blyth, 14 electric vehicles for Durham, 21 electric vehicles for Darlington and another two dozen Volvo Evoras for Tees Valley.
Arriva Yorkshire also due to receive 50 new vehicles by Christmas, the same senior management team making all of these calls (and arguably the Yorkshire fleet needs the investment much more to be honest).
They can't change the world overnight.
I am also aware that the senior engineering personnel have also been shown the door already due to the failures in the north specifically. The Head of Engineering and the Engineering Manager both not seen for a while and the former already advertising the need for a new job on linkedin.
A business left to rot by DB, investment now starting you flow, but it all takes time.
The bloke who was in charge at head of engineering at Yorkshire Tiger, was the same bloke who was senior engineering figure at ANE and Yorkshire a few weeks ago and judging by the state of the fleet at tiger, in it's last few years, no wonder, North East are having issues, hopefully things improve now he's gone.