The annual dartslf.com awards - 2017 edition!

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RE: The annual dartslf.com awards - 2017 edition!

(31/12/2017 21:43)buses7675 Wrote:  As 2017 draws to a close, time for our annual review on peoples thoughts of the year gone with regard to the local bus scene.

Questions are the same as the last few years, please feel free to answer as many questions as you like (if you can't think of answers for them all that is okay!) and post your thoughts - I will post my own shortly

1 - Who was the best company of the year?
Howards / Springfield - Continue to just get on with it - reliably

2 - Who was the worst company of the year?
Arriva North West - a runaway winner

3 - Which North West depot do you think made the most progress in 2017?
(This can be any depot located in the North West region)
No one overall

4 - What bus(es) were the best delivery to a company of the year?
(This includes new and old buses to a company/depot that may have already been in use!) - Blackpool Enviro400 Citys

5 - What withdrawn bus(es) were the hardest goodbye from a company of the year?
(This includes new and old buses that left a company/depot, even if they're still in use elsewhere!) - None really, now everything is low floor

6 - Which bus(es) looked the smartest during the year? - The Cambridge Park & Ride E400MMCs, but they weren't staying.

7 - What was the rarest sighting of the year?
The first time I saw a Strata Van on the 130. Graphically demonstrating the death throes of a so called Sapphire service. Now of course common on Sundays.

8 - What was the biggest surprise in the industry of the year?
Lancashire CC putting money back into supported services

9 - What was the biggest disappointment in the industry of the year?
Poor quality councils still failing to support services, who can only see the 'numbers' and not the impact

10 - What bus was the best during the year?
E400City

11 - What bus was the worst during the year?
Strata Van

12 - What bus(es) are you most looking forward to in 2018?
One's that actually run, considering all the cuts Cheshire East (and others) are about to make

13 - What bus(es) would you like to see in the North West in 2018?

More E400Citys, probably the best of all of the current modern designs from a passenger point of views (driver opinion might differ)