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4176 on 437 today
4211 was on 410/411 today together with 4176 on 495
2903 failed New Brighton earlier. had to be towed in
Have the streetlites been sacked from the 487 ,all operated by pulsars today with the streetlites on other routes e.g.410,411,413,414 etc.?
The streetlites are weird, being non standard whether they could be swapped with pulsars from other depots, then again LS had a couple of non standard Ikarus Citibuses mostly allocated to the 488 for years.
Why did Arriva get Streetlites for the 487 instead of Pulsars given they are non standard in this area?
(29/01/2019 13:26)MTL0201 Wrote: [ -> ]The streetlites are weird, being non standard whether they could be swapped with pulsars from other depots, then again LS had a couple of non standard Ikarus Citibuses mostly allocated to the 488 for years.

If Birkenhead want rid of the Streetlites could they be swapped with Pulsars from outside of the North West & Wales.
(29/01/2019 13:26)MTL0201 Wrote: [ -> ]The Streetlites are weird, being non standard whether they could be swapped with pulsars from other depots, then again LS had a couple of non standard Ikarus Citibuses mostly allocated to the 488 for years.

The Streetlites are very much non-standard and, from all accounts, aren't the most popular buses in any fleet. It does seem odd that these Streetlites and the five MMCs at Bootle were bought at all.
(29/01/2019 14:35)darylyates17 Wrote: [ -> ]If Birkenhead want rid of the Streetlites could they be swapped with Pulsars from outside of the North West & Wales.

The Question is, Who would want to swap Pulsars for Streetlites, I cant see anyone wanting to make that trade.
(29/01/2019 13:43)iMarkeh Wrote: [ -> ]Why did Arriva get Streetlites for the 487 instead of Pulsars given they are non standard in this area?

Pulsar product ion had ceased when the streetlites were new is one reason.
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