Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(01/07/2012 11:33)27701 Wrote:  I fail to see how stupid it is! Considering that the service only requires four buses, five buses should be sufficient enough.

Agreed - Arriva have typically ordered buses in recent years allowing for just the one spare, particularly when the buses are ordered for a specific route. Examples include the 12 Enviro400s at Bootle (60 PVR 11), 12 61-plate Pulsar2s at Southport (49 PVR 11), 12 09-plate Pulsar2s at Birkenhead (403/413 PVR of the time 11) and 10 Gemini 2 DLs at Rhyl (11 PVR 9).

In short, five is what one would expect for a route requiring only four buses. Arriva's pockets aren't bottomless, and if there were a sixth bus, one or two would more often than not be spending time off their home route.