(07 Oct 2015, 3:14 pm)S813 FVK wrote The investigation continues but I was thinking today...
What do you mean when using the term 'low floor'? Do you mean that you don't have to climb up steps to get to the driver in his cab (using the Olympians as an obvious example) or do you mean low floor with a ramp (which is what I was thinking when using the term)?
Just might help sort out some confusion thats all.
A bus which is "low-floor" is one which provides step-free access to passengers between the doors and the saloon of the vehicle itself. There are very few vehicles that I know of that provide step-free access for drivers. A vehicle does not have to be equipped with a ramp to be low-floor, though if one is not fitted, it means that the vehicle will not be classed as DDA-compliant.
The Alexander ALX400 bodied vehicles in Stanley Travel's fleet are low-floor, and seem to crop up on scholars services in the Bensham area quite regularly. Some of the 03-reg President bodied vehicles sound rougher than some of Go North East's V-reg examples (and that's saying something)..!