(3 hours ago)PH - BQA wrote Not just those that need to go, realistically. 1462/3/97 and 1537-43 are in an absolutely shocking condition, made worse by the fact none of them have seen a lick of paint or any work internally since they were new 14 years ago.
I had the pleasure of 1480 this morning to work, can see why it has been allocated to the 553 the past two days. Couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding.
The 25 new deckers could completely remove Pulsars from any Ashington and Blyth routes that go to Newcastle, it’s a shame that the management don’t appear to be doing that.
Yeah can't disagree, at all.
Mind there's there electrics aswell as it's only really 7501-7/9 that need urgently need to go, you could easily scrape another year out of 7557/58/60/62 if you really wanted to. It's not like we're talking about withdrawing a 15 Plate vs a 58 Plate here - it's only a year or two difference in them and the 61 Plates are probably going next year anyway so that could arguably be another 5 Pulsar's aswell.
They mechanically seem sound lately and I'm sure a punter isn't going to be upset by getting a seat on a decker vs being crammed on a battered Pulsar. I know what I'd rather have personally and if everything else is fine, they'll just be doing the school bus runs anyway.