(11 May 2014, 7:39 pm)tyresmoke wrote They sign a contract on a yearly basis I understand, I'm sure Weardale are happy to keep them there it's mainly the GNE end I'd be bothered about.
Not sure whether the DCC contracts have an age limit (don't think they do) but those Leyland Olympians won't go on forever so the Volvo's would be a decent buy, after all they're well looked after and Weardale bought some of the previous batch.
I think Independents take greater care in their vehicles, to them a bus is like a person (literally, as they rely on them to bring in the money), and to large companies that span across several regions, a bus is just a number on a list.