(3 hours ago)Busesinnewcastle wrote They were knackered within the first few months of having them. Drivers up here just abuse them
19673 is now at Slatyford
And 10639 to walkergate
19673 was a loan I drove a driver to Walkergate to pick it up to replace 36469 on the 30/31/36 as that had to go on 32’s to replace 37316.
Not sure why 10639 has gone to Walkergate but 10642 is currently sat at Walkergate broken with no ticket machine on the bus.
(2 hours ago)Storx wrote I don't know but maybe the issue isn't the vehicles but it's actually the engineering. It wouldn't be the only depot in the North East.
It's just been hidden by the fact that the place must have a crazy number of spares, like unless I'm incorrect bar the 6 E200's on the 32/32A the rest of them aren't actually needed there on paper and there's 19 of the things there.
I’m hoping the plan is 6 Yutong E10’s for the 32/32A service which is looking very likely but unsure if it’ll be E10’s or something else. 36468-36477 will hopefully go but 37312-37319 will probably stay in case they need some for the 32’s (low charge on an EV for example)
Then once the remaining E12’s are out for 30/31/36 they can get rid of the horrible 241**’s and 277**’s