Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
At about 11:30 today, the depot had no reserve buses! A new-liveried Plaxton Pointer 2, possibly X226 ANC (2226) as I've seen all of Bootle's out on the road today, has been parked by the entrance to the building for a week or two now - when I first seen it, its external electrical compartment was being checked. That Dart was accompanied by a Marshall awaiting space in a garage and a trainer. This isn't the first time that I've seen an empty depot recently...

Pulsar CX58 FZL (2929) was also having its electrics checked at Bootle North Park after it, presumably, failed - although it was back out in service on the 56 this evening. Plaxton Pointer 2 X227 ANC (2227) was unusually on the 52/52A today (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...ostream/), so I presume that it replaced 2929.