[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
4408, which I understand is due to depart Birkenhead imminently, remains in service at the depot and interestingly saw use on the 2 today. It departed Liverpool at 17.38 working to Ellesmere Port, loaded very lightly indeed beyond Birkenhead Bus Station. It seems odd allocating it here when Pulsars 3125 and 3129 were in use all day on the 464 and 432/3/7 respectively. The bus itself is one of the poorest of this batch, riding badly including a loud rattle from the destination box and features a smelly interior. This bus will certainly benefit a lot from the Sapphire transformation.

Neither of the latest DLA arrivals at Birkenhead were in use, both parked up inside the depot looking nearly ready to go into traffic. With only 18 Enviros left, substitutes on the 432/3/7 corridor are now inevitable, with DLAs 4141 and 4143 joining the aforementioned Pulsar on the route today. MPD 819 was on the 492/495, 2436 on the 410 and 4038 was a lunchtime substitute onto the 419.

Unseen Enviros today were 4410 and 4417, so there might be a chance 4410 has left instead of 4408.