Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(19/03/2021 07:16)St Helens Rider Wrote:  They will have to be careful which routes they allocate the decker on as I think there are one or two low bridges on the Busway. I remember a Stagecoach decker coming to grief a few years ago and have seen a photo of a North Western Atlantean coming to the same fate in the late 80's.

There are many low bridges on the busway and also one at Runcorn station. Having double deckers at Runcorn is a big risk. Doing away with footbridges would be fairly straightforward but the road bridges between Shopping City and The Brow and near The Park would require excavation underneath. That would be the expensive part but otherwise lives could be on the line. Crosville DVG457 went under the bridge going to The Brow when the driver simply forgot what he was doing, went left instead of right and seconds later it was under the bridge with passengers on the upper deck and the roof squashed down.

The services which could be DD tomorrow are the X30 and the 61. Crosville used to run VRs on the J61 in the 80s.