2021/22 Arriva North West orders & subsequent cascades

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RE: 2021/22 Arriva North West orders & subsequent cascades

(11/01/2022 18:30)iMarkeh Wrote:  That figures a bit. Still a random one though. It didn't seem like much thought went into it for the 8.8m one but I guess we will see.



I know these are Streetdecks and the others are Volvo B5LHs but to passengers, they look like the same bus really. 99% of passengers won't see that it's different to the B5s except maybe the lack of hybrid branding. With the B5s branching out over all routes as well, passengers wouldn't think anything of it really.

Passengers in Southport would see the difference though as it's WF buses which they don't see often with Arriva and Streetlites, again, they don't see them really in the area.

I think saying not much thought went into the Streetlites is a bit silly, I'm sure lots of thought would have went into it. With there still being 54/55/06/07 plate single decks around then the urgency to get some of those replaced would have come into it, so maybe they were unable to get a complete factory order done so went for the dealer stock. I heard that any single deck past 06 was not to be used past the end of this month so if that is true then there is your answer.