Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

[Barney]

RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
Although it's Bank Holiday and therefore a Sunday service it's nice to see double-deckers out on the 52 and 53A this morning. I've not seen any 55s on the road so far, but I suspect they too will also be deckers. No doubt the sunny spring weather will bring out the crowds in numbers and whoever is responsible for these allocations should be congratulated.

I know it's still a long way off, but I wonder if the management would consider operating the very limited Boxing Day and New Year's Day services out of Bootle instead of Green Lane at the end of this year. This would enable Bootle's deckers to be utilised on routes that operate to the north and east of the city. From what I have heard and seen there has been serious overcrowding on these two days in the past few years. Just a thought.