Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
The 311 has dodgy Cadet DK55 FXD (2519) on it today, along with "slow" Pulsar CX58 FZJ (2927), "slow" Pulsar 2 MX09 LYA (2941) and Pulsar 2 MX59 FFZ (3020). I had 2927 to Skelmersdale this morning and it was unsuitable for the steep hills within Skelmersdale. As a passenger, though, it was comfortable and it wasn't too rattly! I also had a "nice bus", 2519, from Skelmersdale this morning and its dodgy gearbox sounded terrible and it made the bus very sluggish and the ride-quality quite bad. Credit to Bootle depot for putting "updated" buses on this service, but they're the wrong ones (apart from 3020)!

The 345, on the other hand, is all unusual today! ALX200 X264 OBN (2264) is on the non-M58 duty, whilst Cadet CX07 CSO (2638) is on the morning M58 duty and Pulsar CX58 FZG (2925) is on the evening M58 duty! I think that the Pulsar is a waste on this service (just a bit!), however, again, credit to Bootle for allocating suitable buses on the long-distance duties.

Finally, a DAF/ALX400 - possibly S274 JUA (4094) - is on the 58.