[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
yeah they have the most tacho fitted veichles in merseyside so they tend to do majority of the private hires if not all,except the one speke use to do every weekend for a morris dancing troop.

[P450 SWX]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Lee Laird Street have done Private Hires for many years now

[J654UHN]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Mersey Ferries is one of the Main Private Hires LS do. 4002 had a tacho fitted when it arrived at Speke for Private Hires

[R879 HRF]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
It was quite common to see 3304T out and about too with ribbons from mirrors to grille with a bouquet of flowers on the front and 'Wedding Bus' on the destination- back when LS still had proper buses that is.

Its just being in the right place at the right time, and knowing the right people to get a photo!

[J654UHN]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Correct Luke. schools and rail reps are also classed as private hires

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(28/10/2012 15:39)J654UHN Wrote:  Correct Luke. schools and rail reps are also classed as private hires

That means there is also a private hire fleet at Bootle which also should have a rail replacement fleet .

[R557 ABA]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(28/10/2012 16:23)wirralbus Wrote:  That means there is also a private hire fleet at Bootle which also should have a rail replacement fleet .

Having seen the allocations from Bootle in the past they tend to vary from what ever is left in the depot, like earlier in the year they where using Darts, VDL's and Enviro400's on the Southport line.

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
At the moment most emergency rail replacements seem to be on the Wirral between Hooton and Chester / Ellesmere Port and Birkenhead North and New Brighton lines .

On the Northern the most prone areas seem to be Hillside - Southport in that case its ask Bootle first then go cap in hand to the other depots.

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
rail replacement and normal schools dont come under the tacho rules as they dont require a tacho fitted but if its a school trip then it would need one fitted.

[Palatine II]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
3301t used to be a regular on private hires, being lent to other depots.


Tacho buses are:

2344
2345
2435
2436
4002
4200
4201
4202
4204
4205
4412 - 4422