Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

[mr t]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(01/09/2018 23:06)MTL0201 Wrote:  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.

Exactly right. The 500 is literally full every Friday afternoon and Monday with people coming to Liverpool for the weekend. At least in its current state extras can be run from the Airport or L one if demand is that high, but will Runcorn even have an inspector at the airport and L One to monitor the route, never mind have a spare bus ready- highly unlikely... I cannot wait for all the complaints to come in from this week, but I really feel for the drivers as they are the ones going to get it in the neck from passengers.
If it was going to be the single decker ran it needs to be every 15 mins for the whole length in my head