Arriva North West and Wales – Fleet Statistics

The page for all statistics on the Arriva North West (and Arriva Buses Wales) fleet.

(correct as of Feburary 23 2012)

NB: This list is for all vehicles currently in normal public service with the company – trainer buses, open-top vehicles, ancillaries etc are excluded. Updates will generally be done every two months.

Arriva North West and Arriva Buses Wales

Total Vehicles in Service: 1155 (930 Arriva NW, 225 Arriva BW)

Other Vehicles (Open Top, Reserve, On Order, Not for Service, Open Top, Vehicles in Malta): 119

Total Number of Depots: 17

Furthest North Destination Served: Chorley, Lancashire

Furthest South Destination Served: Cardiff, South Wales

Furthest West Destination Served: Aberdaron, Gwynedd

Furthest East Destination Served: Greave, Stockport, Cheshire

Vehicle Statistics

Vehicle Chassis Types: 22 (includes different lengths)

Vehicle Bodywork Types: 34

Single Deckers: 957

Double Deckers: 234

Coaches:  2

Low-Floor Vehicles: 1123 (96%)

High Floor Vehicles: 60 (4%)

Vehicle Superlatives

Most Common Chassis Type

  1. Dennis Dart (of varying length, Inc Enviro200): 317
  2. VDL SB200CS: 311
  3. DAF/VDL SB120: 127
  4. DAF DB250RS: 61
  5. VDL DB300: 57

Most Common Bodywork Type

  1. Plaxton/Alexander Pointer II: 208
  2. Wright Pulsar 2: 177
  3. Wright Cadet: 115
  4. Wright Pulsar: 90
  5. Alexander/Alexander Dennis ALX400: 86

Least Common Chassis Type

  1. Volvo B7L: 1
  2. Optare V1110: 2
  3. MAN 14.220: 4
  4. Volvo B7RLE: 7
  5. ADL Enviro300: 10

Least Common Bodywork Type

  1. Optare Versa: 2
  2. Plaxton President / Ikarus 481: 3
  3. East Lancs Pyoneer / ADL Enviro200: 4
  4. Ikarus Polaris / Plaxton Prestige: 7
  5. Wright Eclipse: 8
  • Longest vehicle type in use: Mercedes Citaro G (18.0m)
  • Shortest vehicle type in use: Optare Solo / Plaxton Pointer II – Dennis Dart MPD (8.8m)
  • Vehicle with the most seats: Alexander Dennis Enviro400 (80 seats)
  • Vehicle with the fewest seats: Plaxton Pointer II 922 (LF02 PTY) (23 seats – at the moment)
  • Oldest Vehicle in use: 5301 (P301 HEM)  - Green Lane Depot: First registered on 5 August 1996
  • Newest Vehicle in use: 4488 (CX61 CDY) – Rhyl Depot: Entered service in February 2012.

Depot Superlatives

Top 5 Largest Depots (allocations)

  1. Speke: 142
  2. Bootle: 120
  3. Green Lane: 118
  4. St Helens: 117
  5. Birkenhead: 96

Top 5 Smallest Depots (allocations)

  1. Llandudno Junction: 17
  2. Chester: 33
  3. Wythenshawe: 35
  4. Aberystwyth: 38
  5. Wrexham: 40
Depots with the most vehicle types (bodywork)
  1. Bolton: 14
  2. Birkenhead: 11
  3. St Helens: 10
  4. Bootle / Green Lane: 9
  5. Manchester / Speke: 8
Depots with the fewest vehicle types (bodywork)
  1. Llandudno: 1
  2. Runcorn / Wythenshawe: 3
  3. Wrexham: 4
  4. Rhyl / Chester: 5
  5. Aberystwyth: 7
  6. Bangor / Southport / Winsford: 8

Thanks To Section

Dan (YJ09 MKL) – for a slight Wales update!

Note

Information regarding fleet average ages will be completed in the new year, once the delivery of the remaining Wright Geminis for Rhyl, Winsford and Speke has been completed. Due to the arrival of these vehicles (mainly for Speke) a lot of vehicles are being displaced elsewhere for service.

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