Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(10/12/2014 09:53)Gillmoss 0324 Wrote:  Regarding DDs at GL over the years yes the 0216-0230 Alexander/Olympians were the last new ones to be delivered to GL around May/June 88. When Edge Lane closed their 0241-0250 batch joined GL in July 91 and in the summer of 92 at least one or more of LS’s Northern Counties/Olympians from 0264-0270 batch got briefly used by GL on the 10A/41/42. GL did lose all of their ex-MPTE Olympians 0030-34/0037-41 and 0064-68 towards the end of 1992 but did gain a fair few Titan’s from the Autumn of 1996 both refurbished ones and some which Liverbus bought for it’s London Suburban Bus operation. Around 1998/99 some of the 0216-0230 batch were transferred to LS and after the Arriva takeover GL got downsized and gradually all of their Alexander Olympians were sold off by 2001 with some of GL's batch went to Arriva Cmyru/North East, Centrebus and UK North. In 2001 some of GM’s Palatine 2/Olympians were allocated to GL for the 12/13/14’s and X1 and some oddball deckers from Arriva North East and Southend were short-term loaned to GL for Merseyrail replacement works in Southport in 2002. Around the end of 2002/03 all of GL’s deckers were moved to Bootle and Huyton (briefly) and it’s been a all single deck allocation since although the takeover of GTL by Stagecoach has considerably cut down the competition on GL routes particularly in East Liverpool/Knowsley. Hope this helps.

Now that's what I call a detailed response. Thanks a lot. When these deckers arrive for the 10 road it will interesting to see how passengers react to them many having never known the joys of riding on the top deck. It will also be a novelty for many drivers too and I presume every driver in the depot will need to be trained up hence the early arrival of the two of them.