(27 Jan 2026, 7:12 pm)PH - BQA wrote Ashington had 9, maybe 10, boards off at one stage so I don't think there was much choice to be honest.
I don't understand how Yorkshire have had 50+ new vehicles yet nothing has been sent up here as short term cover until the new NE vehicles arrive. Even if they're due to be scrapped, surely it makes sense to send them up here for a last hurrah before their final journey - they literally cannot be worse than no bus at all.
There are about 6 or 7 e200s in Yorkshire just sat there doing nothing, at Selby. If they are that short it makes perfect sense to get some of these e200s in a stop gap measure, as it's much better than keep missing boards and services being cancelled.
Personally Yorkshire shouldn't be getting Ashington's 17 plates, Franchising in Liverpool would release a lot of 64 plate e400s later on in the year, and Yorkshire can get some of those instead, even if they are 12 years old, still bring the fleet age down replacing 58 plate e400s.