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Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

Past fleet updates

Updated 31 January 2015 - With the double decker fleet now up and running at Green Lane, the first batch of Pulsars earmarked for transfer have departed. So far, these include 3150 and 3152 to Arriva The Shires, plus 3154-3157 to Arriva Midlands. In the coming days, the full batch of 13 plate Pulsars will leave along with the majority of the 61 plates. A set of ten Wright Renowns displaced from St Helens will offer a temporary replacement for these, until further double deckers arrive in autumn 2015.

Updated 12 December 2014 - Major new arrivals at Green Lane include 11 brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s, the first double deckers allocated to this depot for around 10 years. These buses are primarily for the 10B route, and are fitted with leather seating and complimentary Wi-Fi. They will replace, along with other cascaded single deckers, a large batch of Pulsar 2s which are leaving various Merseyside depots for other Arriva divisions. The majority of the ELC Myllennium fleet is now in service at Green Lane, including the arrival of the remaining two in the batch at Bolton in the form of 2454 and 2474; this will mean that this batch of 24 buses will be united at a single depot for the first time. Several of the tattier examples have been repainted, including 2452, 2453, 2457 and 2458. In turn, nearly all of the Dennis Dart SLFs are now withdrawn at the depot, and the following buses have also left the depot: Cadets 2556 and 2557, and Renowns 2719 and 2720.

Updated 06 October 2014 - More of the ELC Myllennium bodied DAF SB220s have continued to arrive, allowing Darts 2207 and 2344 to be withdrawn. An additional departure is Cadet 2251, which has transferred to Wythenshawe.

Updated 23 September 2014 - A fleet of 21 East Lancs Myllenniums from Speke and another from Bolton have arrived at Green Lane to replace the ageing V and X registered Darts, Cadets and ALX300 bodied DAFs. The ALX300s have now been withdrawn and the Cadets and Darts are slowly departing. Of these, 2236 has passed to St Helens, 2431 to Wrexham and 2344 is withdrawn with faults. Pulsars 2670/71/73/74/75 are now back in service at Green Lane following completion of Sapphire work to Bolton's Pulsars.

Updated 19 April 2014 - The arrival of the six new Pulsar 2s has allowed 2670/71/73/74/75 to depart for a temporary use at Bolton depot. Repaints have continued with 2994 and 3012 the latest Pulsars to be treated. Two of the ALX300 batch have also been withdrawn following damage: 2404 and 2408.