(05/07/2012 17:11)V671 DVU Wrote:  Cheers Danny, do you know if there was a fault which caused it to leave Runcorn?

(05/07/2012 17:34)CX54 DKD Wrote:  On the suggestion that 4 Solos would head to LS for recently won contracts which may require smaller vehicles, there's none free anywhere so something would have to go wherever such vehicles come from in return.

(05/07/2012 17:39)K853 MTJ Wrote:  People always say the Solos at St Helens are too small for the majority of routes...
I doubt they will have been dropped, that is of course if they were on the official order books in the first place! If they were though, I expect they'll turn up elsewhere. However surely if they do turn up elsewhere, won't one end up having dual purpose seats seeing as it will have been taken from the Runcorn order?

(05/07/2012 17:39)K853 MTJ Wrote:  

(05/07/2012 17:11)V671 DVU Wrote:  Cheers Danny, do you know if there was a fault which caused it to leave Runcorn?

Dont think so mate, I think it was intended as a replacement for 7632, however with 7632 being fixed much quicker than first expected, it was sent to St Helens I believe. Thats my understanding anyway!

(05/07/2012 17:46)CX54 DKD Wrote:  

(05/07/2012 17:39)K853 MTJ Wrote:  People always say the Solos at St Helens are too small for the majority of routes...
I doubt they will have been dropped, that is of course if they were on the official order books in the first place! If they were though, I expect they'll turn up elsewhere. However surely if they do turn up elsewhere, won't one end up having dual purpose seats seeing as it will have been taken from the Runcorn order?

I personally think they're ideal for what they operate now - the 312 and the 35/A - but I'm sure others would indeed disagree upon that. Other than those routes though, yes, they're largely unsuitable. The thing is, as 58 plate vehicles, if they were transferred out and replaced with the likes of further Darts, that would again be a hugely innapropriate swap and I'd personally say unfair upon St Helens based passengers. If Solos were to go from any garage, theoretically of course, then I'd expect appropriately aged vehicles to transfer to those garages in return.

If they were on the original order, then I suspect the reduction in garage allocations for them may have been decided for a while so it may be the case that the one Runcorn should have received is to standard spec. Otherwise, I suppose it would be an added bonus for the garage it turned up at!

(05/07/2012 17:51)V671 DVU Wrote:  

(05/07/2012 17:39)K853 MTJ Wrote:  

(05/07/2012 17:11)V671 DVU Wrote:  Cheers Danny, do you know if there was a fault which caused it to leave Runcorn?

Dont think so mate, I think it was intended as a replacement for 7632, however with 7632 being fixed much quicker than first expected, it was sent to St Helens I believe. Thats my understanding anyway!

Cheers mate, much appreciated! Won't be surprised if they need another one before long, with 7632 and 2419 being off the road AGAIN.

(05/07/2012 17:05)K101HUM Wrote:  7633/5 remain on the fleetlists on the site, hence the approx 6 with the allowance on one of the following to have found pastures new. Given the current list with 7558, 2324/5 & 7642 and 10 Myllenniums, there remains still a clear shortfall.