Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[Y458 KNF]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(27/10/2023 18:15)childwallblues Wrote:  Nothing beats an actual sighting. Some people are taking trackers as gospel!

I only mentioned it in case people were looking for said vehicles but of course nothing beats an actual sighting especially when your not expecting it I am very much aware trackers are not gospel.

[Kaliwax]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
2693 got towed back to St Helens, a driver at Wakefield told me

[N304CLV]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
2921 is here just seen it on 360.

[Bevan Price]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Not seen them mentioned elsewhere, but 3213 and 3219 are now also in service at St. Helens

[North West Bus Spotter]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(15/11/2023 20:39)Bevan Price Wrote:  Not seen them mentioned elsewhere, but 3213 and 3219 are now also in service at St. Helens

I've pictured every one but 3219, still need to get a picture of it

[chris-s]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(16/11/2023 08:00)North West Bus Spotter Wrote:  I've pictured every one but 3219, still need to get a picture of it

Its out on 320 Wigans today

[Jack]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/floating-pag...ion-jan-24

Interesting that the 10 and 329 are increased in frequency, wonder if the 360 will follow suit or if these services will no longer interwork which would increase reliability. Also i'm guessing more deckers would be needed for the increase to the 10 - could this be the new date for the hydrogen buses to come in full time?

ANother thing i saw on Facebook recently is that the 395 could be withdrawn, the link above shows timetable changes to the 352, 375 and 385 so if this withdrawal is true i wonder if that is the same date.

[Valandil]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(17/11/2023 05:13)Jack Wrote:  https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/floating-pag...ion-jan-24

Interesting that the 10 and 329 are increased in frequency, wonder if the 360 will follow suit or if these services will no longer interwork which would increase reliability. Also i'm guessing more deckers would be needed for the increase to the 10 - could this be the new date for the hydrogen buses to come in full time?

ANother thing i saw on Facebook recently is that the 395 could be withdrawn, the link above shows timetable changes to the 352, 375 and 385 so if this withdrawal is true i wonder if that is the same date.

Hope they are both increased, as having a service every 40 minutes is just confusing.

Shocking to see the 17 service to Widnes getting reduced to every 60 minutes on Saturdays.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(17/11/2023 06:00)Valandil Wrote:  Hope they are both increased, as having a service every 40 minutes is just confusing.

Shocking to see the 17 service to Widnes getting reduced to every 60 minutes on Saturdays.

The 10 and 329 are going back to pre-Covid. The 17 reduction is a disgrace. Saturday services around Clock Face are at bare bones frequencies with the 32 and 32A both being hourly. The sad thing is, pre-covid (ie up to January 2020), the St Helens - Sutton Manor/Widnes corridor had 7 buses per hour (including Halton) Monday - Saturday, with this proposal that's down to 2 Monday - Friday and 1 on Saturday. It's always cuts on this side of St Helens as we have lost the 30 and the 35 went down from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes over the last few years.

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
The 10 was reduced to every 20 minutes well before the pandemic; summer 2017 I believe. This would be the best service the route has had in over six years.