Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
So rry theres 19 as so far theres :

4595 SL64 JEO
4596 SL64 JEU
4597 SL64 JFA
4598 SL64 JFE
4599 SL64 JFF
4600 SL64 JFG
4601 SL64 JFJ
4602 SL64 JFK
4603 SL64 JFN
4604 SL64 JFO
4605 SL64 JFU
4606 SL64 JFV
4607 SL64 JFX
4608 SL64 JFY
4609 SL64 JFZ
4611 SL64 JGY
4612 SL64 JGZ
4616 SL64 JGX
4618 SL64 JHO

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(06/01/2015 21:43)motormayhem1 Wrote:  So rry theres 19 as so far theres :

Thanks very much mate - very much appreciated!

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
No worries pal as always happy to help where and when i can.

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
You do wonder at what point after the launch we will see a vehicle that isn't Double deck on the 10/ 10A from Arriva .

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(07/01/2015 10:47)wirralbus Wrote:  You do wonder at what point after the launch we will see a vehicle that isn't Double deck on the 10/ 10A from Arriva .

Probably on the first day, it happened on 10B's, there is bound to be some of teething problem with at least one new bus.

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
You would think that the spare double decker would just be for use on the 10/10A on the first day especially on such a high profile service . The 10B introduction was different as everybody had actually thought they would have been introduced at the same time in February for that route , think it surprised a few of us that it happened so soon , Arriva must have known what they was doing .

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Don't be surprised though if they turn up on any St Helens route which doesn't have a low bridge. I think it's only 36/36A, every other route is a possibility and definitely on a Sunday, whereas now everything is Pulsar, quite a few may well be deckers after the 1st Feb.

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
It was always anticipated that the 10B Enviro400s would go into service in January as far as I'm aware. Most of us did expect the exact date to be once the 10B timetable is revised on the 11th January, but it makes no sense to have brand new and serviceable buses sitting in the depot when the extra capacity they offer is needed now.

With the 10/10A examples, on Sundays it would certainly make sense to use them on the 89, and if the two spares on weekdays are going to be used, then the 89 is probably the best place for them. I'm not sure there are too many other routes from St Helens in need of deckers.

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
352/395s could probably justify use of any spare deckers at certain times of the day just as much as the 89s I'd say.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
The only other route they cant go on is the 32A due to a low bridge on the other side of ridgewood drive but I've been told the spares could end up on other routes.