Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(17/10/2021 11:00)SK15 GZG Wrote:  I haven't said the cross river routes don't need deckers. My point was that Birkenhead has always had a sufficient amount of deckers whereas it's only been since 2015 (2011 for the 79) that the vast majority of Liverpool's busiest routes have finally had buses of the correct capacity. Even now the 17 and 26/27 still need deckers but at least they're on the horizon for the latter
Birkenhead depot really isn't as hard done by as you seem to think it is
So Liverpool doesn't deserve nice buses then?

The issue of insufficient capacity on many Merseyside routes stems from Arriva's acquisition of MTL. Soon after, Arriva adopted a policy purchasing single deck vehicles, first Dennis Darts and subsequently Cadets and Commanders and then Pulsars as replacements for the ageing Atlanteans, Titans and Volvos.

With the exception of some gas buses for Runcorn, BYDs for Green Lane and a few Streetlites Arriva has now adopted a policy of buying deckers for its core routes and I cannot see this policy changing in the near future.