Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Your argument would certainly make a lot of sense there CX54. However, and looking at the Green Lane examples, 7613 &7614 also received P&P and were withdrawn with faults which could be rectified in-house though the company are reluctant to continue to throw good money after bad. Its worth saying 7612/3/4 & 6 were all withdrawn due to faults which the company were not to prepared to rectify by spending money, and not MOT expiry. This trend can only continue and being further reinforced with the withdrawal of T-PNB's as and when faults arise, or ticket is due for renewal. In regards to 7622, I personally would have thought this particular example would have bitten the proverbial bullet when nibbled for spares at Bolton initially, instead it was rebuilt and still managed a further mechanical failure. One does have to ask after this when to draw the line. At the time, there was much debate over 7622's presence at St Helens with members suggesting it was withdrawn for scrap then.

As 7620 has not yet saw use with St Helens, could this be the next to be