Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham

[YK53 GXO]

RE: Aintree Coachline / Helms of Eastham
Aintree operated the annual 'Wirral Ale Trail' yesterday afternoon and evening, serving various pubs across the north of the Wirral using 4 decker vehicles. The route started in New Brighton, then across to West Kirby, down towards Heswall, back across to Birkenhead and finally returning to New Brighton, with buses running at frequencies of approximately 30 minutes from each stop.

Purchased is ex Metroline London Alexander Dennis Trident/ALX 400 LK05 GGV. It has been out and about in service over the past week, still in London livery and retaining it's dual doors, however has been fitted with Centrad LEDs.

Trident X5 ACL (126 ex X367 NNO) has now been withdrawn from service and will be stripped for spares before heading for scrap.

Further to my most recent post, the sale of Enviro 200 WX09 TCK (118) has not been successful therefore it will remain within the Aintree fleet for now.

For anyone interested, an updated list of vehicles based at Eastham is below;

106 - KX51 CTK, 107 - KX51 CTO, 111 - X111 ACL, 114 - OU04 FMV, 116 - VE58 XKX, 118 - WX09 TCK, 119 - YX12 FRD, 120 - YX12 GGV, 121 - YX65 RFN, 122 - SN16 OGP, 123 - YX17 NJO, 127 - AW04 XCK, 128 - LK03 GHH, 129 - YN03 DFA, 130 - YN53 RYM, 131 - YN53 RYR, 132 - GB03 ACL