Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(11/12/2015 18:21)MPTE1955 Wrote:  2345 now parked at the front of the depot obviously with Nfs in the window, wonder what they plan to do with it.

Yeah it was parked at the front of the depot a couple of weeks ago as well. It will be interesting to see what the future has in store for it

(11/12/2015 19:08)RedPanda Wrote:  How has it survived so long in the North West and Wales fleet? Its about a year now isn't it since Green Lane withdrew its last saw another V reg dart

It was withdrawn in May (it was the last Dart in service at Green Lane) so only about six months ago. The reason it has lasted so long is because Green Lane depot was short of vehicles at the time (early January) and the recently withdrawn 2345 had nearly a year remaining on its MoT. It was reinstated and mainly used on the 68 because of its age and lower capacity compared to the rest of the fleet at Green Lane at the time. For me 2345 was the best Dart Green Lane has ever operated - second only to 7537

2345 was used as this year's "battle bus" as well