Ariva North West - unspecified

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

RE: Ariva North West - unspecified
There are a few things to bear in mind: Arriva often retain deckers well beyond the so-called "15 year rule" - just look at the H-GEVs, well over 19 by the time they were finally withdrawn. Also, it's still over a year until you'd expect any DLAs to be coming off, so this would be an early withdrawal if these Presidents were to see off DLAs. They also have the advantage over the R-WVRs of being low floor. The DLAs are generally down to just schools and university routes now, at least in the North West, so even less reason to withdraw them ahead of time.