[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

[Phil]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(04/04/2013 18:58)507009 Wrote:  The hybrids have the same number of lower deck seats as a DLA but are in a way worse as I think only eight are step free (the DLAs have ten). There are also fewer seats upstairs compared with the DLAs - these hybrids are very low capacity double deckers.

I really do not understand why the lower deck capacity is so low. Where the wheelchair bay is, you could easily fit at least two tip-up seats. Also, on the offside, the first two rows of seats are only single seats. Why? On Speke's Geminis, there is only the one single seat.

These hybrids can easily fit at least three more seats on the lower deck.