[Archive] Arriva North West - Speke Depot

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

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4684 is on the 78 today

[Phil]

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(29/06/2015 13:42)Penny Return Wrote:  In town this morning,noticed 75 was all single deck,must be tommorow the dd enter service

I had 4691 on my 75 home this morning. For some reason there is a scattering of Commanders and Cadet 2633 working the 75 today, yet there are new Enviros out on other routes with 4684 on the 78, as SL64 JDZ mentioned and at least one other on the 76.

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(29/06/2015 15:19)Phil Wrote:  I had 4691 on my 75 home this morning. For some reason there is a scattering of Commanders and Cadet 2633 working the 75 today, yet there are new Enviros out on other routes with 4684 on the 78, as SL64 JDZ mentioned and at least one other on the 76.

Deckers are wasted on the 76, Solos would be large enough most of the time never mind Enviro400`s

[Scania1996]

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4211 and 4209 were both on the 79s today (29/6)

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

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Some of the new Enviros where also on the 78s as well...

I spent a lot of time on Charlotte Street and Halewood looking for them, found 9 out of the 12 and they where allocated as follows:

75 - 4689, 4691 and 4692
76 - 4681, 4682 and 4683
78 - 5685, 4687 and 4690

Out of the Ex Welsh Commanders i only saw 2504 and that was on the 80

As for the Cadets (as am told their leaving as well?) 2497 was on the 76 lates, 2633 was on the 75s and 2639 was on the 80s

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(30/06/2015 00:19)bolton bus basher Wrote:  Some of the new Enviros where also on the 78s as well...

I spent a lot of time on Charlotte Street and Halewood looking for them, found 9 out of the 12 and they where allocated as follows:

75 - 4689, 4691 and 4692
76 - 4681, 4682 and 4683
78 - 5685, 4687 and 4690

Out of the Ex Welsh Commanders i only saw 2504 and that was on the 80

As for the Cadets (as am told their leaving as well?) 2497 was on the 76 lates, 2633 was on the 75s and 2639 was on the 80s

4686 was on the 86

[KYV353X]

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(29/06/2015 23:28)Scania1996 Wrote:  4211 and 4209 were both on the 79s today (29/6)

4209 stayed out on lates! Spotted it at Queen Square about 11pm heading towards Halewood

[507022]

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(23/06/2015 15:42)Phil Wrote:  That is unusual. There's still Cadets bundling around and even some of the Commanders are starting to sound knackered! 2589 is one of them!

1st July Maybe?

As far as I can recall, 2589 (and 2598 I think) seem to have a different engine sound to the other Commanders for at least a year or two (or maybe it's my imagination!!)

[507022]

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(29/06/2015 23:13)FC Pictures Wrote:  Deckers are wasted on the 76, Solos would be large enough most of the time never mind Enviro400`s

At certain times of the day, the 76 can get full. Don't forget there are several schools on that route that can make it busy

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

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Saw a few of the new Enviros this lunchtime in the city centre. Didn't see any single deckers on the 75 this time, only four of the new buses (4685 and 4688 were two). The 76 also had one allocated but didn't see which one.

Also, as 507022 says, the 76 does get very busy. I couldn't disagree more with the Solo comparison, and the route has had a double decker board on weekdays for the last couple of years so the loadings are definitely there.