Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(08/09/2017 07:04)B10B6514 Wrote:  On the contrary my friend Birkenhead was PREDOMINANTLY double deck with Leyland Olmpians, Volvo Ailsas and copioius amounts of Leyland Atlanteans back in 2000. Single decks were in the minority with DAF Ikaruses and Volvo B6 Pointers.
It was the only depot not to receive any B10B Endurances new.
The mostly single deck era was from 2001 onwards when Arriva withdrew the majority of double decks from the fleet and brought in a swathe of Dennis Darts.

Yep

The B6s didn't stay long, they were brought for the bus wars with GM Buses/GMS Buses but all B6s left & most ended up in St Helens when GMS Buses pulled out. The DAF Ikaruses were mostly used on the Neston-Liverpool route.

Arriva brought Cadets for the 403/413, & Myllenniums for the 410, but increased the frequencies to 10 minutes over common section, 413/414 has a quite few schools on the route so either needs a frequency increase or deckers allocated