Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

[Neoplan N4009]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(26/07/2012 09:33)27701 Wrote:  

(25/07/2012 23:28)Neoplan N4009 Wrote:  Tbh GL are not the worst depot for getting junk but Darts are not suitable for most GL routes , it's easy saying we've got 61 plate Pulsars , what difference does that make? Most routes Darts are on get a standing load , and as for The irony of the old Le-Bus slogans high quality, high frequency , there's nothing high quality on getting an X-ANC Dart on route 6 to Warrington. More B10B's would be much better for GL as a whole anyway Darts should be getting fazed out soon so I'll leave it at that

To be honest, if I was part of the ANW management team and I looked at the state of most 58-plated Pulsars and most 09-plated and 59-plated Pulsar 2s (of which, most of them are in the famous "slow mode" - obviously something wrong with maintenance), I'd think, "What the hell are we investing our money here for?"... Green Lane are one of the busiest depots within the ANW division, however, disappointingly, their services definitely run in some of the roughest areas in Merseyside. So, when people wonder why investment isn't coming as fast as expected, take that into consideration. Also, ANW are a business - if they can gain profit from running older buses in service until they're 15 years old, there are no doubts in my mind that that's what they'll do!

(This post isn't directed specifically at you - more of my say on the whole subject.)

Tbh with you I agree with most of what your saying , I Unfortunatley look at it from
Your average passenger perspective , the on main problem with GL is highlighted from what you said about rough areas, but back in the early arriva days it didn't stop them from using the N-TPKs or further back with the early Atlanteans on the routes. With Doubles you would make more money specially in Green lane but downsides are running costs an idiots who make a misery and aim missiles at the buses , though hopefully once the Enviro 400's come from Laird Street in early 2013 (hopefully) then it will be much better for them tbh