(26 Feb 2026, 10:38 am)Arriva7446 wrote Blyth have 1390 today as well according to Bustimes.
7522 been remarkably poor lately, especially considering that has had much easier life than the other 14 plates, but is performing much worse than them.
1390 has been swapped for 7501, which is yet another bus which can't enter the CAZ. It was tracking as 7503 on the 2 today. Think there are now 5 or 6 at Ashington which can't go to Newcastle.
To be honest the only 14-plate that seems to be any good at the moment is 7524, Blyth are using it most Sundays and from what I can see it's barely missed a day for months. 7522 is an absolute dog, 7525-8 are very hit and miss and I believe all 4 bar 7528 have missed big chunks recently. Bit of a shame really, as 7527/8 were always pretty good on the Alnwick routes (in addition to 7524) until 2022 - 7525/6 were always a bit more problematic from memory.