Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
No probs,it looks the part too.

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
We have optare solo sr ev YJ13 HKY sat on our pits and the ex london gemini 1 is LJ51 DHF (4206)

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Is the Solo SR for service here?

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Unsure,but its sat on a pit with the charging lead plugged into it.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
One thought which has crossed my mind is maybe Arriva might be trying a route which partly replaces the ECO services when they get withdrawn in February. As I say just a thought.

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(21/12/2013 08:10)motormayhem Wrote:  We have optare solo sr ev YJ13 HKY sat on our pits and the ex london gemini 1 is LJ51 DHF (4206)

Many thanks MM much appreciated!

[turbo777]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
If I may ask a question of those who may know.
On the Wrightbus website it states the the Pulsar/Pulsar2 are "lightweight single deckers" however the Solar and Eclipse products are classed as "heavy duty single deckers."
Now to my untrained eye the Pulsar, Solar & Eclipse products look the same, so what are the differences other than perhaps differences in weight??
What class is the Renown in?? As I personally from a passenger point of view would prefer a Renown to a Pulsar any day of the week, unfortunately we don't often get them on the 352 much. :-(

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
The Pulsar sits on a lightweight VDL chassis whereas the others sit on a heavier, supposedly more resilient chassis made by Scania and Volvo respectively. The Renown sits on a heavier Volvo chassis.

[turbo777]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
So would a less resilient chassis have a shorter operational service life?

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
I wouldn't say so, many Dart SLFs have led the same length service lives as a comparable heavyweight low floor chassis. They'll probably have a standard 15 year shelf life with Arriva as most single deck types do.