Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(01/01/2013 17:31)MX59 JZJ Wrote:  As for what could come in to replace any departing buses - the 11.7m Versa would be interesting as the capacity is virtually the same as a P2, plus there's a weight saving so the fuel economy could be an improvement on the P2s (as the 11.7m Versa is only available with the Cummins engine from what I'm told) however, they could possibly be too big for some local routes as they're only a touch shorter than a Pulsar.

I honestly don't think length is much of an issue with any of the routes that St Helens operate; remember that on a Sunday, with the occasional exception of, as mentioned earlier, the 356, everything is Pulsar operated anyway. Some routes may become tighter in a full size vehicle but then that's when it's down to whoever's allocating to place either the Cadets, the Darts or the SRs on there if it's really deemed necessary. There's no reason St Helens shouldn't be taking on more full sized vehicles though and they certainly shouldn't be letting full sized vehicles go in favour of smaller vehicles; the likes of the 89 reverting to Cadet sized vehicles would be detrimental.