Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(15/09/2015 16:05)Myllenium2453 Wrote:  Its a pity we don't have the facilities to allow double door operation like in london. It would certainly speed up loading/unloading at bus stops.

Any thoughts on this.

I'm not in favour of double door operation on Merseyside in the slightest. None of the major bus termini (Birkenhead, Liverpool ONE, Queen Square, South Parkway etc) on Merseyside were designed for the operation of dual door vehicles and I think it would be a waste of money to modify them for dual door operation. As Enviro400 has pointed out all buses with dual doors have less seating capacity than their single door variants but they do have more standing room. Despite this however I would say that the vast majority of bus passengers would prefer to have a seat rather than stand

I personally don't think any commercial route on Merseyside would suit dual door operation

(15/09/2015 17:30)wirralbus Wrote:  With routes that have a frequency of less than 10 minutes the situation of buses catching each other up is just an occupational hazard , only a couple of areas have actually succeeded with double doors Edinburgh and London.

There are also a large number of dual door vehicles in Dublin and I'd say they succeed there as well