Happy 18th Birthday Arriva Merseyside

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RE: Happy 18th Birthday Arriva Merseyside

(21/02/2018 20:41)motormayhem1 Wrote:  The B6BLEs and B10BLEs order was honoured on the grounds the interior colours could be changed to suit arriva's livery as they were originally ordered with the same interior as the B10 endurances i was told.

True!
It seems the interior colours and seating were the only things changed from the original MTL order. Even the number plates were booked by MTL but kept to order by Arriva.
The Renowns would've followed the Endurances, keeping the Volvo sequence thus;

MTL 6621 (N621 CKA) B10B/Endurance
MTL 6622 (N622 CKA) B10B/Endurance
MTL 6623 (N623 CKA) B10B/Endurance

MTL 6701 (X701 DBT) B10BLE/Renown
MTL 6702 (X702 DBT) B10BLE/Renown
MTL 6703 (X703 DBT) B10BLE/Renown etc.

Needless to say, Arriva re-numbered them to 2701 etc, and they've only recently been withdrawn.