Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[turbo777]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Not sure how unusual but Cadets on the 36, 38 & 320. I thought they predominantly plyed their trade on the 329.
Plus 2692 from the exterior look a brand new bus.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Can anyone confirm if 7634 has definitely been withdrawn. I haven't seen it around for weeks but don't recall any mention of it's withdrawal (unless I've missed something).

[mathias]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(13/05/2014 14:42)St Helens Rider Wrote:  Can anyone confirm if 7634 has definitely been withdrawn. I haven't seen it around for weeks but don't recall any mention of it's withdrawal (unless I've missed something).

Withdrawn I'm afraid.
According to a DVLA Vehicle Enquiry it's got an Off Road Notification (SORN) set against it for an unlimited time.

Hopefully it may get sold on and re-taxed, rather than scrapped.

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(13/05/2014 14:37)turbo777 Wrote:  Not sure how unusual but Cadets on the 36, 38 & 320. I thought they predominantly plyed their trade on the 329.
Plus 2692 from the exterior look a brand new bus.

36 is usually a Dart, it's unusual for the allocation on the 38 (which also interworks with the 37 on a PVR of 3) to be anything but the X/54 reg Cadets and it's not been unusual for them to be noted on the 320 since it begun interworking with the 360. They are a regular feature on the 329 too though. Hope this helps.

I'd echo your sentiments about 2692. I'm not sure to what extent it's accident damage was but a lot of the area around the cab and platform areas, internally, also look like they could be brand new. Just a shame the opportunity wasn't taken to replace the Tyne Bridge seating covers whilst it was off the road.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
2692 needed :
-a new entrance step/flooring
-new dashboard
-new body pillars
-new fibre glass front end
-1 new entrance door
-new windowscreen

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(13/05/2014 15:24)mathias Wrote:  Withdrawn I'm afraid.
According to a DVLA Vehicle Enquiry it's got an Off Road Notification (SORN) set against it for an unlimited time.

Hopefully it may get sold on and re-taxed, rather than scrapped.

Thanks for the confirming this Mathias.

[sth77]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
2984 is now back from Bootle so I would assume 4415 has gone back the other way.

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(13/05/2014 16:19)motormayhem1 Wrote:  2692 needed :
-a new entrance step/flooring
-new dashboard
-new body pillars
-new fibre glass front end
-1 new entrance door
-new windowscreen

Thanks MM. Those areas are certainly noticeably new. Not replaced under the best of circumstances, I know, but it makes it look incredibly smart.

(13/05/2014 17:01)sth77 Wrote:  2984 is now back from Bootle so I would assume 4415 has gone back the other way.

4415 was certainly out yesterday but I saw nothing of it today.

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Just to confirm that 4415 has returned to Bootle as it on 61's this morning.

[turbo777]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
So sad to hear the retirement of 7634, I knew it was one of a dying breed with Arriva so I've been working on a drawing of it.