Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
If the reductions in service hadn't have happened on the 32/33 and the SRs were kept more strictly to those routes alongside the lower capacity locals (i.e. the 35/As too) then I do think that their allocation to the garage would have been fine. Really, it should have been Versas as opposed to the SRs for the extra capacity they offer which is more like-for-like with the Darts they replaced. However, when you consider a £20k difference in price between the M970SR and the smallest Versa, it becomes painfully obvious why the decision was made as it was. Unfortunately, it's now the fare passengers suffering. I just dread to think the situation if more SRs were ordered to replace the likes of the Marshalls etc.