Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(15/04/2014 22:23)kuyoyo Wrote:  Well, looking at in from photos and comparing it to photos of the others plus the examples here in the North East, 4207 was certainly not one of Thornton's jobs, given the external paint job is completely different on that example to that on 4208-16 and ANE's 7484-94 plus the interior looks completely different (yellow poles rather than the cream ones in the others).

As I've mentioned previously elsewhere, Thornton's are a quality outfit who have been doing refurbishment work for Go North East since 2009 along with First Group since 2011 and Arriva North East since 2012. It also now started picking up refurbishment contracts for mid-life London refurbishment.

Indeed, and 4206 looks identical to 4207 as well: same livery style, same yellow handrails. I haven't seen inside it but assuming it is also only a part refurbishment, surely they were both done at the same place?

Thornton's have done a superb job of the interiors, but it has to be said, their external repaints of the VLWs leave a lot to be desired. The yellow stripe on the front end looks really silly.