DartSLF Bus Awards 2012

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RE: DartSLF Bus Awards 2012
1) Probably Arriva. Over the past year or so they have transformed a lot of areas in Merseyside, namely Bootle, Birkenhead and Speke. Not what it used to be with smoky B10Bs and Step Darts everywhere!

2) Howards Travel definitely. Fleet is always immaculate and they seem to be doing quite good for themselves at the minute.

3) It'll have to be the new Pulsars at Runcorn, nice to see Arriva investing in proper high quality vehicles rather then taking the budget route.

4) Definitely the Ultralow's! Those of you who know me well know I liked them Ultralows, shame when the final four went out of service in April. At least we can be thankful 5309 (my favourite!) is saved up in Kirkby.

5) Easy one for me that, the batch of Speke B7s when freshly refurbished. They look even better now then when brand new.

6) When one of the unrefurbished Prestiges (2476/7, can't quite remember what one) appeared on the 79 a few weeks ago. Lucky this doesn't happen often!

7) Dennis Dart 2231. I've heard all the stories about it being unreliable and having all sorts of work done over the years, but when I rode it it was one of the best Darts on the road!

8) The refurbished VDL Cadets at Runcorn. The plastics and seat cushions simply don't match and some have had a very sloppy refurbishment.

9) Don't even need to think about this one! This has to go to Green Lane Dart 2310. It couldn't go any higher than 40MPH (sad thing is I'm serious...) rattled like there was no tomorrow in it's twilight days and was just an all round shed. Thank God it's now withdrawn.