[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(27/06/2012 16:49)Penny Return Wrote:  

(27/06/2012 16:30)CX54 DKD Wrote:  You don't seem familiar with the Merseytravel 'quality' bus partnerships Rob.

Seems not,although Arriva gain more on the Heswall services which is no consolation
to Arriva bus uses on the chester service,having to put up with more lastbus crap !

With First having more depots on the line of the route it would always make more sense to give them a bigger proportion of the service , Arriva always seemed to have buses giving up at the wrong end of the network for them .

[SNL 824]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
It looks to me as if the daytime 72/472 Pensby Rd corridor daytime service is reducing from 6 buses to 3 per hour. That's turning the clock back to pre-dereg Crosville days. This makes sense for Arriva and First, but lousy for the passengers.

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(27/06/2012 21:55)SNL 824 Wrote:  It looks to me as if the daytime 72/472 Pensby Rd corridor daytime service is reducing from 6 buses to 3 per hour. That's turning the clock back to pre-dereg Crosville days. This makes sense for Arriva and First, but lousy for the passengers.

But when this service 472 was introduced it was not so much a complimentary service to the 72 as much as two buses following each other minutes apart chasing the very same customer , so wasnt really 6 buses, but 3 buses with one chasing the other to arrowe park gates then it was a free for all from there .

[Palatine II]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
2455 on 409? I think it is, as I saw it going out on a bus exchange before. A Cadet has just passed me with 409 on the dest, going to Laird St.

[gka472l]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Not sure if it has been reported but 2425 was seen in service today by myself in Birkenhead, 2424 also out & 2458 was on the 492!

HTH

[busdude]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Do the DLA's and VLW's comply with the QBP?

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
No, they would breach emissions standards

[P450 SWX]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Well if the VLW don't comply how do the ones first are getting comply as there also Volvo B7TL Wright Gemini's

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Because the First ones are newer so I assume to a later Euro standard.

[Palatine II]

RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
I've been told by managment (the boss of LS), there is no 'standard', anybus can go on QPB. Liverpool got a grant for their new buses.