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Modern double deckers seat 80ish and there were a dozen or more plus 5 more brought in at last minute from Arriva. 15x80 is a reasonable number of people... my point was though that they were left untouched until late in the evening. If they'd brought them round hours earlier, maybe able to do...

I'm a supervisor for Arriva (buses); nobody told us to stop and we didn't, all night. Possibly he's making excuses for a poorly designed plan.

Merseyrail actually had company directors out in the city stations, in uniform and able to make instant decisions, such as getting rail replacement buses to supplement the trains. Must help with company morale when you see the bosses mucking in with the station staff.

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/crowd-management-at-liverpool-lime-street-after-parade.286910/ One thing that might have worked better was the use of rail replacement buses. The vast majority were parked up until it became really obvious that the trains wouldn't...

Mid evening, they also called for rail replacement buses to run from Liverpool to Hooton and Chester, to ease some of the crowding. I didn't see the rail replacement buses at Lime Street until near the end of service. Yesterday was overwhelming for the city... Sunday service on the buses...

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I think they'll be released once the midlands get their new buses. Things seem to be moving along now after months of nothing, so shouldn't be too long.

Bootle took delivery of the first three of six new Volvo MCV Evoras on Friday (15th) which are in LCR Metro livery but with standard Arriva interiors. Fleet numbers 3232 - BU25ZDD 3233 - BU25ZDE 3234 - BU25ZDF 3235 - BU25ZDG 3236 - BU25ZDH 3237 - BU25ZDJ 3233, 3234 & 3236 are the ones that...

5 were delivered to Bus and Coach. They're getting painted and interior refurbishment in Arriva colours. I think they're for tendered services that currently have minibuses on them. They were bought from Preston, B&C World had capacity to do the refurb. They would normally be done in house at St...

The short Arriva Evoras at Luton for the busway are currently being replaced by new longer versions. The short versions will then move to Arriva Merseyside to join their full length versions at Bootle (to replace older Pulsars). The long ones drive really well and don't feel as long as they...

Based on that then, could it be 58(0) cubic inches which is 9.5 litres approx?

They were spec'd up and deals signed before the current metro mayor landed. I'm not a fan but trying to blame him for something he didn't do is poor.

The overnight parking at Hooton is in a platform so as it appeared to cover the side, you'd assume they were at platform level. I'm surprised they managed to do that much considering that it's all covered by cctv and would be easily visible.

They are running shuttle buses to Bootle, Lime St and Liverpool ONE.

Buses will be running from Bramley Moore to Bootle Strand (for trains northbound, buses all over the North of the city and 2 multistorey car parks), to Lime Street for trains and to Liverpool ONE for buses East and South. I expect it'll take a while for people to find their preferred route.