Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(22/05/2016 20:38)Dentonian Wrote:  I must be missing something here - what do you mean by "two-way radio system"?

When Arriva took over MTL's operation in 2000 one of the first things it did to reduce costs was to remove the two-way radio communication equipment that was fitted to the vehicles. Instead driver's were expected to use their own mobile phones in the event of an emergency, breakdown etc.

It was only as recently as last year that Stagecoach Gillmoss's buses had two-way radio equipment installed.

My understanding is that most metropolitan areas such as Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham have had this equipment forever.