New Buses for Arriva North West and Wales

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RE: New Buses for Arriva North West and Wales

(17/04/2014 22:17)Harryn9000 Wrote:  wouldn't it make sense for southport to be done before speke after all the southport deckers are always breaking down. i say southport need them more than speke do at the current time

It would make more sense the other way to be honest.

The ones arriving at Speke are replacing Mylleniums to bring extra capacity to the 81/81A route, which has around 7-10 high schools along the service which meets the demand double deckers during the peak hours. The mylleniums are in a much more time-expired condition than the ALX400's, and aren't always the most reliable either, also the mylleniums should be seeing off some dennis darts from Green lane which are also aging.

Sadly the route will 100% cause similar problems to the buses used as it has done over the last few years or so. I'll say it time and time again, buses with more powerful engines designed to cope with more demanding routes need to be used instead of lightweight city buses designed for urban transport.