(Yesterday, 9:00 am)Storx wrote It's not moaning, it's just criticism and they deserve it.

Blyth has 15 single deckers for a PVR 6
Ashington has 22 single deckers for a PVR 12
There's 8 E400's which will be withdrawn soon and can barely do a days service
There's 11 14/64 Plate E400's which can barely do a days service (5/11 VOR and all of Ashington's are local)
There's now planned to be 6 B9TL's coming which can barely do a days service.
There's 12 quite reliable 17 Plate E400MMC's but they're off to Yorkshire supposedly because they can't do a days service on a route they're not meant to be on anyway.
Now 2 more reliable E400MMC's are going away.
There hasn't been a new bus in Blyth since 2013 and they went to Yorkshire and 6 buses isn't going to scratch the service. 

Maybe there's a reason why people are pissed off up here, considering it's been blighted with vehicle shortages for ages now. The train service coming along adding fuel to the fire as it's made locals realise how crap Arriva really are, especially customer service wise as the Northern guards are fantastic across the board.

Maybe what a friend of mine yesterday in a group chat

Answer Ashington and Redcar have routes that make money. Blyth is a **** hole and doesn’t- not helped by the Northumberland train set with its subsidised fares

One depot is always going to lose out - see Stockton in Durham County, 10 new Evoras when the depot last had new buses in 2014 and the vast majority of the fleet is over 15 years old (and those Evoras are replacing the ex-Merseyside Pulsars from what I undertsand - compared to Redcar who are losing the native ones).