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(15/12/2014 17:18)V671 DVU Wrote: [ -> ]I'm 100% certain 2466 was on the 68 on Saturday, and on the 8 on Friday! 2452 is the only one I haven't seen anywhere, but 2466 is most definitely in service and has been for at least two weeks.

There is a picture on Flickr of 2452 leaving St Helens heading for Green Lane after being repainted. Now it says that was took on 22/10/14, but like you said 2452 hasnt been seen out in service and I cannot find any pictures of it in service.

(15/12/2014 18:49)Shaun821 Wrote: [ -> ]There is a picture on Flickr of 2452 leaving St Helens heading for Green Lane after being repainted. Now it says that was took on 22/10/14, but like you said 2452 hasnt been seen out in service and I cannot find any pictures of it in service.

If 2452 is not at JS then it must be under repair here,thought it strange i had not seen it in traffic

Just had a look at the new 10B timetable which pleasingly retains its 10 minute frequency. The PVR for the route is 11, so unless there are going to be 12 Enviro400s at Green Lane as was mentioned a few days ago, there will likely be single deck substitutions on this route regularly.

Does anybody know how many Darts are left at Green Lane? I know 2219 is still in traffic as it's on the 8/9 Huyton Circulars this afternoon

2219 is the only one that I have seen in the last week or so, the rest seem to have disappeared.

All of Green Lane's 12 new Enviro400 deckers have now appeared on the GOV.UK vehicle registration database.

The first two were road-ready on Thursday 4th December, so I cannot understand why they haven't been put into traffic yet.
Maybe they're being used as 'Driver Familiarisation' buses?

Either way, the latest arrivals (10 of them) have a 'Date of First Registration' of 1st January 2015. They also have a 'Year of Manufacture' of 2015! I know Arriva like to look into the future, but that's ridiculous!


Anyway, here's the full list....
4584 (SL64 JCX) NEW 04-12-2014, TAX 01-12-2015, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4585 (SL64 JCY) NEW 04-12-2014, TAX 01-12-2015, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4586 (SL64 JCZ) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4587 (SL64 JDF) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4588 (SL64 JDJ) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4589 (SL64 JDK) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4590 (SL64 JDO) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4591 (SL64 JDU) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4592 (SL64 JDX) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4593 (SL64 JDZ) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4594 (SL64 JEJ) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.
4595 (SL64 JEO) NEW 01-01-2015, TAX 01-01-2016, 6696ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE.

They all pay the usual decker tax of £500 a year and -as you can see- they all use the proven Cummins ISBe 6.7 litre engine.
4596 (SL64 JEU), 4597 (SL64 JFA), 4598 (SL64 JFE) and 4599 (SL64 JFF) aren't on the registration database yet, despite appearing on BLOTW.
http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/

Check out the registration database yourself. Needless to say, they come under ALEXANDER DENNIS....
http://gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax

Thanks MPTE

I believe that's the case Mathias! I'm not sure which ones out of Green Lane's batch have been delivered - but according to the Arriva North West Facebook page Green Lane are receiving eleven Enviro400s. I hope the double deckers due later next year at Green Lane are the MMC variant as I think they are excellent looking buses and will look very smart in Interurban

I thought 4597/8/9 were St Helens batch.

(22/12/2014 17:03)St Helens Rider Wrote: [ -> ]I thought 4597/8/9 were St Helens batch.

They are SHR - Green Lane are receiving 4584-94, St Helens 4595-4620 and Bootle 4621-4636

(22/12/2014 17:10)P537 MBU Wrote: [ -> ]They are SHR - Green Lane are receiving 4584-94, St Helens 4595-4620 and Bootle 4621-4636

Thanls for the confirmation. It was just with a previous post mentioning these 3, it just caused a bit of confusion.