(01 Jan 2015, 7:04 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote 2022? If they did that, they'd be in major trouble and could be wiped out by other operators (not just GNE) no matter how much they'd try and protect the Northumberland network.

By 2022, I'd imagine that the provision of Wi-Fi, Next Stop Announcements, and plug sockets will become standard on all buses (a lot of bus operators have already added Wi-Fi to a large amount of their fleets). I don't think it'd be irrational to suggest that they'll be moved off the X21/X22 services in a couple of years time, and moved to a lower rank on the hierarchy of Arriva's bus services.

As 57-reg vehicles, these vehicles should in fact be disposed of in 2022.