(08 Apr 2024, 6:52 pm)Shrek wrote I agree with you about the WiFi, USB etc. It was interesting the other night on one of the 57 plate Arriva Sapphire buses where a group of people were talking about how nice they were because they were so spacious and lots of seats. Personally I think the old Enviro 400s win with the public over the DB300 for that reason.
In other words, the main thing passengers want apart from the bus actually turning up is to not have to sit next to somebody, and if they do the seats be big enough so you're not on their knee.
Surprised at that. Isn't the seating about the same on both of them (without counting). Generally whenever I come across discussions people generally like the Gemini 2 over an Enviro 400 like but obviously some will have different opinions. I've always found the legroom on Enviro 400's, upstairs at least, to be pretty poor, especially the ones with Stagecoach.
Mind shame things went off a cliff with the Streetdeck which is awful.
Talking about refurbishments, Arriva get a lot of stick, but the refurbs of the ex London buses are generally fantastic, not like the crap above. The B7TL's Gemini 1's you could barely tell the difference between one of those and the much newer DB300's. It's a shame we don't see it more often.