DartSLF Bus Awards 2015

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RE: DartSLF Bus Awards 2015
1. Who was the best company of the year?
Arriva simply for the reasons already mentioned.

2. Who was the worst company of the year?
Network Warrington for abusing there position.

3. Which North West Depot made the most progress this year?
Toss up between St. Helens and Green Lane but Green Lane edges it slightly when you look at the average age of the fleet in December 2013 compared to December 2015 its easy to see why they have made the most progress. Not to mention the abundance of long overdue deckers.

4. What buses were the best delivery to a company of the year?
I'm a fan of the Enviro300s on the 1, plenty of leg room and most feel quite well built in comparison to other Enviro300s operated by Stagecoach, I will however miss the Solars doing the 1.

5. What withdrawn buses were the hardest good bye of the year?
X reg cadets, by no means the best buses in the world but they where nice and most still had plenty of life left in them at the time of withdrawal.

6.Which buses looked smartest during the year?
Halton's Omnicities by a country mile. There was one or two done back at the end of 2014 but most of the fleet has been done now bar 2 and they are simply stunning.

7. What was the rarest sighting during the year?
I've not witnessed anything particularly rare myself but perhaps the time I spotted a solo sr on the 360.

8. What was the biggest surprise in the industry of the year?
Fishwicks of course.

9. What was the biggest disappointment of the year?
Nothing that anyone else would find particularly disappointing stands out but for me personally as a self confessed Halton Supremacist it would be Halton's acquisition of second hand darts going on 13 years old.

10. What was the best bus during the year?
R839 PRG

11. What was the worst bus during the year?
2960

12. What buses are you most looking forward to in 2016?
Nothing I'm particularly "hyped" about.

13. What buses would you like to see in the North West during 2016?
The StreetDecks are really quite nice and the Metrodeckers are also quite nice so some of these wouldn't go a miss.