Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[enrag2000]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(11/04/2018 19:53)gka472l Wrote:  I suppose locally, Rock Ferry, Bootle & Runcorn are all ex NBC, plus Preston (Stagecoach)

HTH

Add to that Kendal and Carlisle.

[WhiteVanMan]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(11/04/2018 20:18)enrag2000 Wrote:  Add to that Kendal and Carlisle.

Another one, which could be add to this list is the old Ribble Depot on Goodwin Street in Bolton, now used by Arriva.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(11/04/2018 19:53)gka472l Wrote:  I suppose locally, Rock Ferry, Bootle & Runcorn are all ex NBC, plus Preston (Stagecoach)

HTH

When did Runcorn depot move? it used to be near the "Old Town". We have certainly lost a lot of ex-NBC depots in this area - Northwich, Warrington, Liverpool (Edge Lane, Skelhorne St.), Ormskirk, Southport, to name just a few (although a few came to NBC when the former BET group was taken over (Ribble, the original North Western, Trent, etc.))

[Quackdave]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(12/04/2018 21:20)Bevan Price Wrote:  When did Runcorn depot move? it used to be near the "Old Town".

The Ian Allan ABC fleetlist compiled by Tony Neuls in July 1984 lists it as "Clifton Road", which I presume refers to the current depot (even though Clifton Road becomes Beechwood Avenue before it reaches the depot). So it sounds as though it had already moved by then.

[Olympian]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(12/04/2018 21:20)Bevan Price Wrote:  When did Runcorn depot move? it used to be near the "Old Town".

The current 'Beechwood Avenue' depot opened in November 1975, for which Crosville issued a commemorative booklet.

Incidentally this site is the 4th location to be used in the town, prior to this the depot had been located at:
West Road, Weston Point (1920 to 1935)
Baker Road, Weston Point (1935 to 1942)
Broadway (1942 to 1975) This being the depot "near the Old Town" referred to above.

It is also believed that, during the time the Baker Road depot was in use, some buses were outstationed at the ICI works in Weston Point.

In the early '20s there was also an outstation at the Railway Hotel in Widnes (listed as a 'depot' in the 1921 timetable)

[wirralbus]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
Over the last two days i have seen a Gold Double Decker on service 2 will this be the operational spare they have for the 471/2 that usually finds its way occasionally onto the 38 , its use is to move passengers to and from Liverpool due to the supposed increase in passenger loadings because of the Grand National.

[Turbostar19]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
First day of the re-routed service 1. Hopefully it won't banboozle too many punters!

One wonders how long it'll be before a driver's told they're "going the wrong way"! ????

[wirralbus]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(22/04/2018 08:17)Turbostar19 Wrote:  First day of the re-routed service 1. Hopefully it won't banboozle too many punters!

One wonders how long it'll be before a driver's told they're "going the wrong way"! ????

Is there a reason for this move , other than Double Deckers can be used , its not as if the bus is going to pick any more passengers up compared to the old route.

[Busguy12]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
It's so double deckers can be used, but not until they are 100% sure that all drivers remember not to use bache. A few months before the deckers arrive

[wirralbus]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(22/04/2018 09:30)Busguy12 Wrote:  It's so double deckers can be used, but not until they are 100% sure that all drivers remember not to use bache. A few months before the deckers arrive

Its all well and good moving to new double decker's , the service needs to become more reliable with the major traffic hotspot's Cheshire Oaks and Chester Zoo making the timetable a work of fiction at times on the service 1 and it don't help the X8 either.

If McArthur Glen and the Local Council can sort out the replacement of the roundabout with co-ordinated traffic signals the areas around that site might improve at times of peak movement , ie at Christmas Shopping season and between Christmas and New Year , where every man and woman wants to or seems to want to spend money.