Lillputian
And by way of further elaboration here is one of the little Tecnobus Gullivers pictured at Woodside , Birkenhead, whence it operated a free service to the bus station at The Pyramids, not the ones near Cairo but a shopping centre in Birkenhead. The bus stop poles and shelters for this service were green and indeed are still to be found at odd points in the Hamilton Square area.
We can see here more clearly the EcoSmart livery worn by vehicles on certain Merseytravel tendered services in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Other notable features are the left-hand drive and offside door; less obvious in this picture is that the total seating capacity, on perimeter seating, was 9.
This was about as far in service as these buses would get from their base at Rock Ferry; and by all accounts they didn't always even get this far. A Merseyside enthusiasts' site described them as 'unreliable', and I remember they were often substituted by Mercedes minibuses.
Lillputian
And by way of further elaboration here is one of the little Tecnobus Gullivers pictured at Woodside , Birkenhead, whence it operated a free service to the bus station at The Pyramids, not the ones near Cairo but a shopping centre in Birkenhead. The bus stop poles and shelters for this service were green and indeed are still to be found at odd points in the Hamilton Square area.
We can see here more clearly the EcoSmart livery worn by vehicles on certain Merseytravel tendered services in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Other notable features are the left-hand drive and offside door; less obvious in this picture is that the total seating capacity, on perimeter seating, was 9.
This was about as far in service as these buses would get from their base at Rock Ferry; and by all accounts they didn't always even get this far. A Merseyside enthusiasts' site described them as 'unreliable', and I remember they were often substituted by Mercedes minibuses.