(Yesterday, 10:09 pm)PH - BQA wrote 3052 went out on the last 57 duty, so you'd assume it wasn't ready for the early 434 runout. Similarly every other day for the past week, it evidently hasn't been ready in time. It didn't make it out at all on Friday, and obviously is the only 'functioning' Solo so had to do the 415 on Saturday.
It's an absolute shambles. The thought process behind sending these heaps (3051/2) to Ashington for secured, rural, work when they weren't even good enough for Yorkshire needs examining.
Deckers, specifically MMCs, are used in place of a Solo when one isn't available as they are the only vehicles which can easily navigate the roundabout off Station Road. Pulsars are too inconsistent with their lock, as are the older E400s.
Yeah makes sense, knew about the Pulsar issues because of their length.
Tbh I don't understand why they don't give up the 434 contract now it's been reduced by a bus, seems a complete headache to take a contract on for 1 bus, which requires another model which, at the same time, are seriously unreliable aswell.
Let someone like Phoenix run it instead imo who have appropiate vehicles. Surely Arriva aren't that desperate and it's not like it's a goldmine with passengers, in fact it's the polar opposite.