Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[sth77]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Latest new Enviro 400 to arrive this morning is 4604.

[SL64 JFK]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
I took a wonder up to JS earlier and saw 4601 (I think) by the front. I presume drivers were being familiarised with it as '10' was on the rear display. No sign of any others as I presume they're all parked around the back.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
The other 7 are parked around the back near the engine/bodyshop.
As 4597-4604 are all here so far.

[SL64 JFK]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Thanks MM.

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
This maybe controversial but wouldnt the 10/10A be better split between Green Lane and St Helens , therefore allowing a better spread of first and last buses on both routes .

[tinytears87]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
No, remember GL had the 10A's, and had them taken off them for a reason.

TT

[wirralbus]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
I don't want to start a full blown conversation off but wouldn't it allow a less lobsided timetable where St Helens vehicles have an earlier finishing time from St Helens towards Liverpool to enable the services to make an out and back journey , it was something that really got noticed on the 48A with a disproportionately early last departure from Southport to Liverpool Airport to allow the service to run back to Southport in service , I know Arriva do like to keep routes under one depot is that for Financial reasons I wonder .

[sth6168]

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When the 26 deckers go into servicethe buses moving. On mentioned or
Pulsars 2988-)2993/3023-3026/3047-3048 total 12
Volvos 2701-2710 total 10
Maybe the geminis total 2
So that leaves 2 more what else will be going

[sth77]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(20/12/2014 16:22)sth6168 Wrote:  When the 26 deckers go into servicethe buses moving. On mentioned or
Pulsars 2988-)2993/3023-3026/3047-3048 total 12
Volvos 2701-2710 total 10
Maybe the geminis total 2
So that leaves 2 more what else will be going

It is apparently going to be 2988-93/3023-26/3047-48 and 2701-10 leaving when the deckers enter service.

I would imagine that 4200 will return to LS and 4214 back to Bootle as these are only loans.

[tinytears87]

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(20/12/2014 15:05)wirralbus Wrote:  I don't want to start a full blown conversation off but wouldn't it allow a less lobsided timetable where St Helens vehicles have an earlier finishing time from St Helens towards Liverpool to enable the services to make an out and back journey , it was something that really got noticed on the 48A with a disproportionately early last departure from Southport to Liverpool Airport to allow the service to run back to Southport in service , I know Arriva do like to keep routes under one depot is that for Financial reasons I wonder .

I can see were you are coming from, but i just can't see anything happening anytime in the future, regarding sharing the routes.

TT