Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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onboard 2700 on the 395 unsure if we have just had an rta

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it appears we hadn't but a corsa and a BMW just collided in Wigan and 2700 driver gave his details to the BMW driver i assume as he was a witness the accident occurred at about 15:10 Near Arnold Clark and the arriva driver looked shaken i was one of only 3 passengers onboard other was a young lady and a scouser was also aboard i assume gm police will be contacting SH for the cctv footage

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Not sure how unusual it is but 2720 has been on the 156 today

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(06/05/2016 17:21)PO59 MXJ Wrote:  Not sure how unusual it is but 2720 has been on the 156 today

I think they normally the first Garswood-St Helens run of the day. What time did you see it?

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(06/05/2016 18:22)RedPanda Wrote:  I think they normally the first Garswood-St Helens run of the day. What time did you see it?

Its been on there all day

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(06/05/2016 19:30)motormayhem1 Wrote:  Its been on there all day

Unusual, it's normally a solo sr on there throughout the day

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Been short on buses today as this is the type of weather buses hate and start to break down.

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Enviro on 352 latest along with stinky 2698

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(06/05/2016 20:11)motormayhem1 Wrote:  Been short on buses today as this is the type of weather buses hate and start to break down.

What, it's not even hit 20c today. On the continent, service buses often operate in temperatures exceeding 35c without failing and they maintain an internal ambient temp of 19c. No excuse.

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2939 was involved in an RTA today

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(06/05/2016 20:33)Barney Wrote:  What, it's not even hit 20c today. On the continent, service buses often operate in temperatures exceeding 35c without failing and they maintain an internal ambient temp of 19c. No excuse.

The mechanicals of the vehicle become accustomed to that though. Very generally speaking, our buses go through a much more frequent change in temperature and spend a lot of the year cold so it's no surprise that the hot weather causes issues in some instances.

The Pulsars which went to Malta for a prolonged period suffered when they first came back, in part due to temperature differences.