DartSLF Opinions 2013

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RE: DartSLF Opinions 2013
1 - Who was the best company of the year?
Same as fox, Halton Transport has to be the one for me (biased opinions aside) like fox highlights Halton have had a couple of very uncertain years, but this year has seen a vital restructure in routes with the total relaunch of the 26/26a by aquiring a initial 3 solos from blackpool transport which paid of, also the new route of the 62/62a to serve Hough Green and Liverpool Rd. Other surprises include the 14f which despite running only once per day sees good loadings.
2 - Who was the worst company of the year?
Merseypride of course a utter shambolic company for obvious reasons. However not a massive fan of jpt I think some of there buses are in pretty awful condition despite not operating a bad structure of routes. Arriva's runcorn depot has some concerning reliability issues with cadets as well.
3 - What bus(es) were the best delivery to a company of the year?
Haltons solos have performed well with no reported breakdowns and from 55 are not bad buses.
4 - What withdrawn bus(es) were the hardest goodbye from a company of the year?
Love them are Hate them and you probably do, Marshalls 7670, 7671, 7672 operated in my area for a month or so this year and I got rather attached, may not have been the best buses ever but I liked there character.
5 - Which bus(es) looked the smartest during the year?
Prehaps Cumfybus's hybrid solos, the fleet of enviro200s and enviro300s at Jim Stones coaches always looked smart and very clean this year.
6 - What was the rarest sighting of the year?
7671 on the 79c
7 - What was the biggest surprise in the industry of the year?
Not any of note really.
8 - What was the biggest disappointment in the industry of the year?
Impera going maybe, always quite liked them.
9 - What bus was the best during the year?
2525 isn't bad for a cadet.
10 - What bus was the worst during the year?
2982 simple...