(Yesterday, 4:26 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Funnily enough, because that is what the board it’s allocated to does - 43/44/45 until 1400 then an X9 to Blyth, X7 to Newcastle, X11 back to Blyth, X8 back to Newcastle then a 45 to Dinnington returning as a 44 then back to Blyth as an X8 to finish. Short of having a major rewrite of the boards at this short notice, you’ll probably see them on other routes that are on 43 boards until the next rota change up there.

This is actually intentional, as they don't have the capacity for scholars services (which are linked to the 43/44/45 cycle), so they need to send the EV onto a different cycle to allow the diesel alternative to pick up the schools.

Arriva have lost two of the four schools from September, because they won't have the capacity needed.

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(Yesterday, 6:09 pm)Shrek wrote Apparently they were told that had to be sorted before they went into service and was put forward clearly to the management. No shock it hasn't been done, they know there'll be no comeback from the Mayor's office.

This just isn't true.

But, pretending that it is, the argument still doesn't stack up. There is absolutely nothing in the ZEBRA agreement that stipulates the services it must run on. Yes, they are earmarked for the 43/44/45 and likely spend most of their time on that cycle, but ultimately they don't need to run them on there contractually.

The only requirement of the funding is a minimum mileage or number of years running in the region ( whichever comes first).