(12/11/2014 22:51)33109 Wrote:  Once again sorry for the moan about winsford folks, I'm really just echoing comments made by a few drivers I've chatted to in past year or so. Yh the B7s are decent buses as are the geminis, the centros however have given us a lotta probs since new though.

They regularly take 3/4 + attempts to start up, plus at least 2 have needed new engines. Thankfully their reliabilty has improved lately, I'd say if anything the cadets might poss be replaced as their the oldest now on 54regs.

(12/11/2014 16:00)507009 Wrote:  Well there are the four VLWs which are a few years older than the Commanders at Speke but yes, it's generally a modern fleet now. I'd agree that further new double deckers are likely in the future, potentially for the 75.

It's also not as if Winsford and Macclesfield outstation haven't had investment, either - you've got the three Gemini 2s and the ten (initially eight) Solo SRs. With the Cadets and Centros which aren't particularly old as well as the B7TLs from Southport, it's a reasonably modern fleet now at Winsford which isn't bad for one of the smaller, more rural depots.

(03/12/2014 09:57)gka472l Wrote:  In addition to the 26 for St Helens, 11 for Green Lane & 16 for Bootle, a posting elsewhere mentions 8 for Chester for the 10? not heard that before.