Warrington's Own Buses

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RE: Warrington's Own Buses
The impression I've had, with regards to deckers, is generally WOB use them in the same way coach hire companies use them. They aren't there for their core work but for school/college contracts, event shuttles and RRBs. With WOB having service work they are able to interwork services to prevent running deckers used on school/college contracts empty to and from the depot. Maybe that's changing for one reason or another? Possibly to prevent the saloons needing servicing as frequently?

I do think their allocations of Enviros are a bit erratic. Yesterday at 12pm 205 was on the CAT9, 206 was on the CAT7, while the other 6 x Cheshire Cat branded vehicles were either not in service on on non-CAT routes. 204 was in service from 07:30 until 23:55 but it only did one CAT journey all day.

Speaking of Enviros. I travelled on 220 the other day and was surprised by how tatty it looked inside. I don't think the Ensign branded seat covers help either - it makes it look like it's a loaned vehicle that's covering a temporary shortage and why they haven't bothered to tart it up.