Malta: Plenty to admire in new regime

摘要

There cannot be a resident or visitor in Malta who has not heard of Arriva. It is the name that everyone in Malta-I live there part of the year-currently loves to hate. The summer months have provided a bus enthusiast's dream. Changing from the old regime to the new proved easier said than done. The Times of Malta newspaper has carried wall-to-wall coverage of the Great Event. Every day, a picture and story of Arriva's troubles-bendies unable to bend, drivers lost, vehicles broken down, overheating buses, queues waiting for the non-arrival of an Arriva.