Halton Transport

[gilesbus1]

RE: Halton Transport

(15/11/2012 13:59)sumner Wrote:  Weren't they just sold through Volvo so given a different name? The lighting differences will just be earlier makes of the same bus.

Yes thats about it, really the Merit was only made for two reasons, Firstly it allowed Volvo to offer a Midibus model following its withdrawal of its unsuccesful Volvo B6BLE, and it allowed VDL SB120's to be sold outside Arriva rather than having to be leased from them through the VDL/Arriva network that only leases stock to companies outside Arriva, and also allowed operators to buy them from a nuteral source rather than leasing them in some cases from a competitor, I understand that is why the Merit rather than the Cadet initially was requested by Warrington.