Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot
I'm afraid my memories of the ex-MTL B10Bs were of rough and bouncy rides and awful seats with neither enough padding nor legroom. It always astounded me that Arriva kept these buses on their longer-distance routes like Liverpool - Southport, St Helens and Skelmersdale for years after the takeover. I lived in Kensington for a couple of years and used to dread a B10B turning up. Even a Paladin or Flyte had much more appeal (and legroom) than those.

Pulsars are certainly not perfect but in my opinion they get a raw deal on here. The ride is better than a B10B, Marshall Dart etc. from my point of view, and the seats are hugely improved on the B10B's modular offerings. Sure, the Runcorn ones aren't the best, but plenty of other examples are decent. It's just their lack of capacity on major routes that really grates.