Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
The 15 year rule for Arriva Nw has gone, we are going to see them hold on to vehicles long. We are already seeing that anyway.

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Seems macc are having decker issues again over the past 2 weeks or so. Think 4490/4491 have been out in service.

Macc have borrowed recently ALX400 decker 4421 & this week have also had VLW 4211 as well which seems quite popular amongst drivers.

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
2492 & 2520 are moving here from Chester as per Arriva Nw & Wales Facebook group.

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(29/08/2019 16:49)MPTE1955 Wrote:  2492 & 2520 are moving here from Chester as per Arriva Nw & Wales Facebook group.

I wonder if these will start replacing the Centros?

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
4421 was parked in Electricity Street, Crewe this afternoon - it appeared to have swerved off Edleston Road and taken out the shop awning and its two rear upper deck windows. Presumably must have happened a fair bit earlier as there was no police presence.

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(29/08/2019 17:23)Y474 KNF Wrote:  I wonder if these will start replacing the Centros?

That's a fair shout, centos are horrible things

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(29/08/2019 18:08)MPTE1955 Wrote:  That's a fair shout, centos are horrible things

Agree there. Green Lane had a couple on loan and I wasn't a massive fan of them

The long Centro wasn't too bad though IMO

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(29/08/2019 18:10)Y474 KNF Wrote:  Agree there. Green Lane had a couple on loan and I wasn't a massive fan of them

The long Centro wasn't too bad though IMO

They just look and feel cheap, can't think of any redeeming feature,. Although the one that came from Telford was better than any of the Winsford ones, but that was slightly different anywsy.

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(29/08/2019 18:32)MPTE1955 Wrote:  They just look and feel cheap, can't think of any redeeming feature,. Although the one that came from Telford was better than any of the Winsford ones, but that was slightly different anywsy.

They look & feel cheap because that's what they are. Think the best of the winsford batch is 2611 which had the seat frames repainted blue & the interior retrimmed in the blue check moquette which in my opinion looks better than the leather.

It seems to me that winsford always get what's cascaded from other depots when they get new buses. Last new stuff they had was the mellor breadvans. But if they wind up with cadets from elsewhere it'll be no bad thing as they're quite well liked by drivers & passengers alike.

Also appears macc are having issues with their Gemini deckers yet again. This week only 4490 has been out, a pulsar & VLW 4211 from winsford have covered. 4211 for an oldun appears to pull well & is still in really good nicker for its age.

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(30/08/2019 07:43)33109 Wrote:  They look & feel cheap because that's what they are. Think the best of the winsford batch is 2611 which had the seat frames repainted blue & the interior retrimmed in the blue check moquette which in my opinion looks better than the leather.

It seems to me that winsford always get what's cascaded from other depots when they get new buses. Last new stuff they had was the mellor breadvans. But if they wind up with cadets from elsewhere it'll be no bad thing as they're quite well liked by drivers & passengers alike.

Also appears macc are having issues with their Gemini deckers yet again. This week only 4490 has been out, a pulsar & VLW 4211 from winsford have covered. 4211 for an oldun appears to pull well & is still in really good nicker for its age.

While I sympathise there other depots which haven't received new stock for five or more years. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are Bolton (2013), Southport (2014) and Wythenshawe (2011) - and Bolton depot doesn't even have that batch of buses anymore after they were transferred to Merseyside. I can appreciate it's frustrating but unfortunately the depots that make the most money are usually going to get the most investment in terms of new stock

Agree on 4211 though. Good bus IMO