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Haha, they’ve received extra customer service training to operate the sapphire service would you believe! ;-)
@NJones 6323 wrote:
I’ve heard of one breaking down and another where the doors failed and couldn’t be opened! They are REFURBISHED not new buses after all- they seem to be mid 90’s vehicles on private number plates.
They’re late 2008/early 2009 vehicles originally registered on CX58 plates, certainly not mid 90s! They are refurbished but at a cost of somewhere in the region of £20k per bus so hardly a light investment!
@WrexhamFootballLover 6326 wrote:They’ve had to draft in some ‘Cymru Coastliners’ – these have wifi etc but no announcements.
I imagine they usually go along somewhere on the N Wales Coast, not sure where but if the Sapphires have been breaking down then i’m glad they haven’t just subbed in some of the old single deckers!
Just the one Cymru Coastliner bus! It’s from Rhyl and usually operates the 11 service (Chester – Rhyl). It’s been covering whilst one of the newer single deck buses went off for refurbishment so that it can act as a spare for the Sapphire vehicles without looking scruffy (now registered J999 ABW, originally on a CX57 plate if anyone’s interested)!
The Cyrmu Coastliner bus will be back off to Rhyl now the spare bus has also been refurbished, unfortunately! Breakdowns should be less frequent now too – teething troubles with some of the new electrical systems installed during refurb I’m led to believe.
