Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(01/09/2018 21:45)mr t Wrote:  The 82A quite often loads really well at L One even during the day, as does the 500. Putting 2 into 1 simply wont work,
The 82A is also the only bus now for Brunswick Business Park with the withdrawal of the C4/C5 so around those hours there are loads in the bus stops down Riverside Drive and also seems to get a quite well loaded outside the Brittania Pub, not to mention it is the only bus down the waterfront with lots of housing estates.

I cannot wait for this week so I can go L one an look at the mess, and down the waterfront.
I dont get what Arriva are getting out of it, even the drivers have said it wont work!

It wouldn't be so bad if the 500 was still operated by deckers, or the 500 is 15 minutes frequency throughout the route, it's the that the 500 will be operated by single deckers, with seats taken out, & replaced by luggage racks, Arriva are using the it's going to be gas buses spin.

Main reason for the single deck allocation, is the low bridges mostly pedestrian bridges on the Runcorn Busway, most of those bridges could easily be demolished & replaced by a crossing over the Busway, people tend to ignore the Bridges anyway.