Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(29/08/2014 17:54)FC Pictures Wrote:  they got rid of declers from Green Lane for all those reasons, why would it now be any different,those areas served haven`t changed,and i know Huyton well having worked around there,the present single deck only allocations are right for the area,and there is a fair bit of upper deck damage on some of Speke`s deckers,wrong for some of the areas they serve as well

Oh, did they really? Clearly Arriva see it very differently from you hence deckers making a return, and rightly so. The move to single deckers at Green Lane was part of the company's policy to pursue more frequent services with smaller buses which was central to the Lebus branding many routes saw during the 2000s.

Present single deck only allocations are not right for the Huyton area at all. Crowding at peak times is a major issue and the 15 is one of the worst affected at Green Lane. Speke's buses are not particularly bad at all, and most of the trouble at that depot comes from the 699 University route, hence why Geminis are the norm on it in the evenings now due to their better CCTV cameras. I despair if you think Speke's deckers are wrong for the area.

While I disagree with the point about Toxteth which I have passed through on the 86 on a regular basis for years and never once had an issue, it's fair to say Speke district has seen some trouble in years past. Not so now though and the double decker allocation at that depot is thriving and only going to get better still over the years to come.