(14 Nov 2025, 8:31 pm)Superman wrote The issue is with the supplier, Eminox.

The kits they used for retrofitment are failing and due to the volume across the country of retrofit issues, parts are on backorder, with lead times of months, not weeks.

Rumours are that some of Durham MMCs will move north to help provide cover too.

If it's that big an issue, I suspect some councils are going to have to make some hard decisions as to whether to (temporarily) relax their emissions requirements, or risk losing huge chunks of bus services as the vehicles cannot be used.

Alternatively, is there a case for the operators to use non-compliant vehicles, pick up the financial penalty, and then pass that on to Eminox in a compensation claim?