Buses are frequently stripped of parts when they are off service for an extended period. This is nothing unusual, it has been happening in these depots for the last 60 years!

I have seen buses totally stripped of seats, electrical and mechanical parts, and off service for up to 18 months, all of which returned to service eventually.

AV20 is not "withdrawn", it is temporarily off service, it WILL be coming back into service again, there is no "if ever" about it.

The only buses you would have to worry about not seeing on the road again would be those which would be close to retirement age, or which were so badly damaged that it was uneconomic to repair them.

(AV32 being the exception to this rule, it is not really damaged in any meaningful way, but its future will depend on whether the company feel it would be possible to reintroduce it without adverse reaction or sensitivities).

Aquavid