(30 Apr 2014, 4:41 pm)Tom wrote Why can't the Cadets be transferred to Percy Main temporarily, as the 17 isn't a demanding route. Allowing 5151-54 to go to Saltmeadows for the 5?
I don't know the 17 route too well, but apart from a few places on North Tyneside, the entire area is pretty much flat and undemanding.
Either way, there has to be a better alternative than the option they have taken.
The B10s replacing the MPD's on the Blaydon - Wardley route was obviously for a reason (not just for additional capacity), so to replace them with a less powerful and less reliable vehicle seems very short sighted.