Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
The reason deckers are placed on the 418/419 is due to the busyness of the route. During school times and even mid-day the service gets busy. Spital and Brombourgh are both tight areas in the way of parked cars especially on Palatine Road (Brombourgh) that is why DLPs and VLWs are used as they are short wheel based.

418/9 drivers are in a contract were they are paid less and only work them routes along with the 175 for eighteen months. They are not type trained on Myllenniums meaning they can't be used on the 418/9. And unlike everything else their over hang is greater. Not good for a tight area.

The Myllenniums are mainly back on the 410 as they have a greater cappacity.