DartSLF Opinions 2013

[Polo Mint]

RE: DartSLF Opinions 2013
1 - Who was the best company of the year?
Answer -First Manchester

2 - Who was the worst company of the year?
Answer: Maytree Transport

3 - What bus(es) were the best delivery to a company of the year?
(This includes new and old buses to a company/depot that may have already been in use!)
Answer - Arriva Double Decker hybrids with the very fetching paint scheme, or the Stagecoach Hybrids on the 192 with wifi.

4 - What withdrawn bus(es) were the hardest goodbye from a company of the year?
(This includes new and old buses that left a company/depot, even if they're still in use elsewhere!)
Answer - All of First Bury's Olympians

Question 5 - Which bus(es) looked the smartest during the year?
Answer - Arriva Sapphire (only saw pics, mind you)

6 - What was the rarest sighting of the year?
Answer - An Optare Solo on First Manchester X84 (an express route that is about 1.5 hours long), usually operated by an Enviro400 or B9TL.

7 - What was the biggest surprise in the industry of the year?
Answer - FirstGroup purchase of Finglands

8 - What was the biggest disappointment in the industry of the year?
Answer - closure of Maytree/Sale of Bluebird

9 - What bus was the best during the year?
Answer - Stagecoach 192 Hybrids

10 - What bus was the worst during the year?
Answer - That retched Borismaster or the Marshall Darts arriving from Yorkshire to First Manchester.