Arriva North West - Southport Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot

(27/06/2012 19:54)Vbg111v Wrote:  Despite the darts being low floor & wheelchair friendly, there is little room to manoeuvre inside.

Darts (Marshalls in particular) have a very narrow isle making anything other than a standard wheelchair difficult to manoeuvre as you say. Back when Skelmersdale held the 356 in St Helens, they began allocating Pulsars instead of the Marshall which had seen this late duty after a gentleman with an electric wheelchair put in a complaint about his inability to board the bus in a dignified manner - he had to be forced down the isle by his accompaniment.

It does surprise me though that they allocate the heavy fuel consuming Renowns onto lates at Southport while Pulsars actively return to depot. Here in St Helens, drivers are encouraged to book the B10s off of 89 lates in favour of a Pulsar due to fuel and it's not unheard of for a B10 to run out of fuel if left to go out onto the last 89.