Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(16/05/2019 16:31)wirralbus Wrote:  I had first hand experience of seeing a 418 struggle to make the turn from Storeton Road onto Prenton Lane , how this route was passed on a H&S issue is beyond me as that physical turn on the route to Birkenhead is a non starter if there is vehicles at the stop line already on Prenton Lane , I bet it could at times be a Mexican Standoff. Then you have the vehices behind the bus missing the lights because the bus is trapped .

Never understood this. With the 16/16A/17 serving Mount Road and Storeton Road, the 418 should just turn right down Borough Road from Bedford Drive, past Tranmere Rovers and up Prenton Road West, which is without a bus since the 83A was withdrawn. The turn from Storeton Road onto Prenton Lane is far too tight for any bus, even the little 8.9 enviro 200’s ect used on route 90 struggled when turning the opposite way from Prenton Lane onto Storeton Road, which is far less acute.