Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(09/04/2015 21:19)507009 Wrote:  I understand they plan to "renew" Gillmoss' double deck fleet this year, but it needs to be a lot more than just a like-for-like swap of the current, pathetic token allocation. Frankly to have neither the 20/21 nor the 14 double decked is absolutely scandalous given how long the overcrowding has been an issue for. The 59 plates are of a reasonable age and were all 24 to pass to Gillmoss, a full conversion of the 14 at least would be possible, not that it would happen.

At least with the 14 there's always the chance that Arriva will actually bother to order correct sized buses. Anyway, I digress.

It comes across as if Stagecoach aren't "pulling their weight". They could, nay, should, be doing a lot more. Arriva's fleet isn't even comparable to what it was just 4 or 5 years ago; SC are just stagnating. I'm sure they won't end up the same way as First did in Wirral, but they're heading the right way.