Arriva North West - Southport Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot

(09/04/2014 16:29)wirralbus Wrote:  Im just wondering why this particular route is knocking the stuffing out of every bus type that Southport seem to put on this route , its a question that seems to be perplexing to say the least.

The main problem that i've noticed as a passenger for the Volvos and DLA's seems to be overheating, which isn't hard when you consider the route as a whole. The route takes almost two hours, some of the route is on reasonably fast country roads, other areas its hills, other parts is constantly stopping or going around roundabouts, and in other areas you can be stuck in traffic for quite some time on a bus full of people.

With the DLA's, although Skem's set were quite good runners speed wise, many were slow pulling off, so when the buses because late and there was a five minute turn around at Southport, they would be pushed to the limit and run for just over 3.5 hours non stop, with reasonable loads and frequent stopping

I will imagine that once the enviro 400's arrive, the problems with the 375/385 will still ocour as they will be light-weight city models designed for city travel and not cross-county. Arriva should take a leaf from Stagecoaches book and buy vehicles with engines capable of such services such as the Scania range.