(15 Feb 2026, 7:00 pm)Storx wrote Yeah that's true, truthfully probably better to sell the things unless Ashington can get them working. Just a nuisance microfleet really in terms of parts etc considering there's not going to be a single Volvo Decker in the whole Arriva fleet soon since the hybrids seem to be on borrowed time aswell. Assume they'll be gone by the end of the year when Arriva lose the Wirral routes. 

and if they're not working anyway, then what's the point in keeping them. I'm sure they'll have a resale value atm.

I think you're likely blowing the whole 'microfleet' issue slightly out of proportion. B9TLs are hardly a rare bus type in the UK, so there will be plenty of spare parts available unlike the Temsa Avenues, for example. 

Even your point about them being Volvo deckers specifically - surely the only relevance to the decker part of that is the bodywork, which is a Wright Gemini and once again they're hardly rare? Just as an aside, there absolutely will be other Volvo deckers outside of these 6 in the Arriva fleet beyond the end of this year - London have roughly 400 B5LHs.