Arriva Click Coming To Merseyside

[The Falcon]

RE: Arriva Click Coming To Merseyside

(06/03/2019 09:26)Quackdave Wrote:  Those known to have entered service (all the 18-reg plus 1033) are in this list; the other three (yet to be reported in use) are RF68 FLD/FLM/FMD (which are presumably 1030-2, although I don't know in what order).

I'm pretty sure that the report of four 68-reg with different registrations (RK68 G__) are the same four rather than additional ones, because those VRMs never appeared on DVLA; I guess they were voided and new ones issued.

I believe the allocations remain the same, I base this on the fact that each vehicle has an identifying number (between 1 and 16) whilst in service, and it appears the lower part of this range is used by the Speke-based buses, and the higher end by the Birkenhead ones. If this is true, then ongoing observations suggest that the same vehicles remain in the same groups (though not always with the same individual number).

1015, 1016, 1018-1026 are Speke. 1017, 1027-1029 and 1033 (68 plate) are at Birkenhead.

There are 3 other 68 plates in Birkenhead and 6 in Wrexham. Fleet numbers 1030-1039 (less 1033 ad mentioned above)

Destination blinds are matched to the vehicle fleet and reg number. Click 1-10 and 12 Speke. Click 11, 13-16 are Birkenhead 1033 is click16 not yet programmed in.

All buses operated in the south liverpool area. Service is getting busier each day and recruitment taking place to increase the drivers to put more vehicles on the road and increase provision across the day especially to midnight.

If buses are carrying less busy that’s because the ride share nature might be that those passengers are going to places that no one else is so they are carried alone. An empty bus will be used first as part of the passenger experience.

Rider numbers have increased week on week with no drop since launch last year. The more vehicles put into service creates more efficient ride share options which means more and more people can be carried. Morning and evening rush hours now common to see 10+ passengers on!