Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

[MX12 KVM]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot
2546 is in the new livery.

[iMarkeh]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(25/02/2020 10:53)cfm146g Wrote:  The X30 and 61 routes could be operated by double deck vehicles but you wonder whether Arriva would be prepared to live with the risk of a bridge strike when someone absent mindedly strays off route as happened several times in the 90s

Isn't the bridge near Halton Lodge too low for deckers?

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(25/02/2020 17:46)iMarkeh Wrote:  Isn't the bridge near Halton Lodge too low for deckers?

Deckers have run under halton lodge bridge before now.
I've seen an old ex crosville back loader go under when I was based at runcorn depot while runcorn use to have deckers based there back in the days of northwestern etc I beleive.

[cfm146g]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(25/02/2020 10:53)cfm146g Wrote:  The X30 and 61 routes could be operated by double deck vehicles but you wonder whether Arriva would be prepared to live with the risk of a bridge strike when someone absent mindedly strays off route as happened several times in the 90s

If they did, they could go the whole hog and turn the 79c at Halton Hospital or Shopping City too and flood the depot with deckers. Have the 62 and 14a linking the busway with Widnes instead.

[Busway_Bob]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot
Has Arriva Runcorn got some 09 plate Enviro300? 3551 - 3579

[iMarkeh]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot
Route 61 frequency is already being reduced. Down to every 40 minutes Mon-Sat from 1st March.

[trixmax2000]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(26/02/2020 15:05)Bobbi_1042_Runcorn Wrote:  Has Arriva Runcorn got some 09 plate Enviro300? 3551 - 3579

These are Southern Countries at Stevenage

[cfm146g]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(25/02/2020 23:29)motormayhem1 Wrote:  Deckers have run under halton lodge bridge before now.
I've seen an old ex crosville back loader go under when I was based at runcorn depot while runcorn use to have deckers based there back in the days of northwestern etc I beleive.

North Western ran full height AN68s out of Runcorn in the 1990s.The busway is safe for DDs between the depot and Halton Hospital. Between Parkside and the Brow via Runcorn East the height limit is 11'6". Gas buses only just squeeze under.

[cfm146g]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(25/02/2020 10:47)MX12 KVM Wrote:  Has anyone seen gas bus 5004? I’ve not seen it since December. Thanks

https://bustimes.org/vehicles/189448

Bus Times has no history for it.

[Busway_Bob]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot
Enviro300's at Runcorn, two more (not on list / no fleet numbers are KX09 GYW & KX09 GYY) I'm guessing all the Cadets are going as well? or something, list is from http://quack77.uk/fleetlists/fleet.php?ownerid=1