(02 Nov 2020, 10:15 am)Storx wrote I'm not too sure about Stagecoach being middle ground and Arriva bottom mind. Arriva spend more money on refurbishments and tech than Stagecoach, okay some of it quite badly. I can't remember Stagecoach ever refurbishing a bus and tech wise they're by far the furthest behind infact they've just turned off WiFi to save money on their whole fleet give or take.
Stagecoach NE have some of the oldest buses in the whole Stagecoach fleet, the MANS and Tranbus Darts for starters and I don't believe either of them have been refurbished in their lifetime neither.
Didn't Stagecoach only start ordering NSAs last year? Even Arriva has had that for years!
As much as I love bashing Arriva, Stagecoach is the only operator that I completely refuse to travel with. If I need to travel somewhere that only Stagecoach cover, I'll just get a lift instead.
The few times I have used them, the service has been terrible and the vehicles have been awful. I've lost count of the times I've been walking to the Metrocentre and literally choked from the amount of black smoke coming out of whatever they shove on the 100.
At least Arriva tries to put lipstick on a pig by refurbishing vehicles with leather seats and USB ports