(4 hours ago)Arriva7446 wrote Yeah it's the ideal size for the 57 services, but a bit small for Newcastle routes. Strange allocations as well with 7526 on the 57 services instead, and 1500, which are both bigger and would have been better for Newcastle. There are often deckers on the 57 though for some reason. (7509 the other decker on there I think has emissions issues).
The people doing the allocation at Ashington aren’t exactly rocket scientists. Frequently send stuff on long distance express work which has failed the previous day only for it to fail again.
Any competent management structure would be on top of that, however we all know how poor management is there.
Just look at how often the two route branded vehicles they have are on the boards they should be on.