Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

[mathias]

RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
I notice virtually all the Trident/Enviro400 deckers running yesterday on routes 52/52A/53A/55 were running late!
Although the high loadings could be to blame, I reckon it's due to the fact that Tridents are slower than Pulsars, particularly when you consider they're running the same 6.7 litre engine.
Common sense dictates that a 6.7 litre engine in a nine-tonne Pulsar will be a lot quicker than a 6.7 litre in an eleven-and-a-half-tonne decker.
Even so, it's nice to see deckers on north Liverpool routes, just a shame some other depots don't have access to them.

Managed to get a ride on ex-Wirral 4401 (CX58 FZN), still got its black E-Leather seats downstairs with 'crossriverexpress' branding on them.
Great view from the top deck with its one-piece curving windscreen, but some of these deckers are wailing loudly these days, along with looking battered and tired.
4431 (MX09 LXN) is a particularly noisy example and can be heard before it's seen!