Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(26/03/2013 21:41)V671 DVU Wrote:  I can see the opinion from both sides of view here...yes Green Lane have had a MASSIVE investment in Pulsars since 2008 (getting on for 60ish now I think?) but over the past year or so tired cascades such as the Darts from Bootle and the Renowns from Speke have been coming into the fleet. It has become a dumping ground over the past 12 months or so, and the situation is similar at St Helens. But lets not forget St Helens got a number of Solo SRs for local routes not long back...as well as a good few Pulsars from Skem! I do think the new buses balance out the old at Green Lane now though, especially after the new Pulsars come in.

Pulsars from Skem can hardly be classed as investment given they were provided to satisfy the PVR of an inherited route. As for the SRs, true enough but as you yourself admit, the investment in Green Lane has been considerably greater and in larger vehicles. Beside that, St Helens have also received significantly more older transfers including Marshalls from Skem at the same time as the Pulsars and a huge influx of time expired Darts including, as I mentioned above, cast off Darts from Green Lane in a number of instances. I don't know about you but I'd have been much more satisfied with cascaded Y reg Renowns at 12m than numerous T reg Darts at 10.7m ready to be withdrawn within months.

St Helens was just an example though, Green Lane do very well for investment compared to most depots and I think people forget the scale of that investment sometimes. As above, even their cascades tend to be of a younger age.