Arriva North West - Bolton Depot

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot
Arriva are pulling off the 715 from September, The route under Arriva has had a slow and painful death.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot

(02/06/2016 09:24)T42 PVM Wrote:  Arriva are pulling off the 715 from September, The route under Arriva has had a slow and painful death.

It's actually being withdrawn on 24th July - details on VOSA thread. Definitely agree they have killed this service off. Wonder if Diamond Bus will increase the full route to every 30 minutes to compensate.

[RedPanda]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot

(02/06/2016 12:01)St Helens Rider Wrote:  It's actually being withdrawn on 24th July - details on VOSA thread. Definitely agree they have killed this service off. Wonder if Diamond Bus will increase the full route to every 30 minutes to compensate.

There was a President on that route on Saturday and I reported a few week ago that an eco Gemini was on there. Definitely a waste on a route that can only be described as dwindling.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot
MPD 892 is to be Withdrawn when the 715 comes off (24th July) Arriva have also lost the Oasis contract as the funding has been pulled

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot
892 has picked up a fault thats not worth fixing so has therefore been Withdrawn from Service bringing an end to MPDs in Service here

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot
Bolton are to lose their Hybrid Wright Geminis to Birkenhead and get Pulsars as replacements, First swap is 4497 for 3131

[WWH44L]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot

(17/08/2016 12:02)T42 PVM Wrote:  Bolton are to lose their Hybrid Wright Geminis to Birkenhead and get Pulsars as replacements, First swap is 4497 for 3131

Interesting, is there a reason for this as I thought the hybrids were bought specifically for the 10!

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot
Maybe to have all the hybrids in one depot and would give birkenhead a standard decker as wasnt they suppose to be getting a couple of Enviro400

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot
I think it was partially funded by the green bus fund if memory serves me right.

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Bolton Depot

(17/08/2016 19:34)Dentonian Wrote:  Can someone remind me? Were these hybrids straightforward purchases by Arriva, or was there some public money (via TFGM) involved? If the latter, there is normally a guarantee that such buses would stay in Greater Manchester for five years.

Also, would it be too simplistic to assume that the Pulsars coming to Bolton will be 3126-35 (nearest age wise) plus a.n. other?

ta

The whole batch of 44 Volvo B5LHs were purchased with Green Bus Funding

I would have thought 3126-35 will be the only Pulsars that go to Bolton personally but it won't be long before we find out