Arriva orders 2016/17

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RE: Arriva orders 2016/17

(24/03/2017 06:16)wirralbus Wrote:  Wonders why the 4800-4850 batch of Volvo B5LHs went as a mixture to there depots and not as a full batch like of 25 and 26.

Was there a dire need to do it the way they did do it ?

There was a delay in the delivery of a few vehicles and to avoid delaying the launch date of Green Lane's hybrids without not having any spare vehicles available we were given 25 of the ones already delivered instead of 4825-4850. Ultimately however the fleet numbers don't matter one jot because they're double deckers and they've added much needed extra capacity to the 14 and 18 at long last

Hopefully they're not the last new deckers for Green Lane - I can think of another couple of routes that I believe have a solid case for double deck conversion