+- Forum | Merseyside Dennis Dart Website (http://dartslf.com/forum)
+-- Forum: Buses (/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Local Bus Scene: North West and Wales (/forumdisplay.php?fid=2)
+--- Thread: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot (/showthread.php?tid=125)
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - Rick Hunter - 01/04/2019 21:42
All down to cost. D&G drivers are on around £1.50 per hour less than Arriva Winsford drivers so over a year that is quite a bit less on a tender price
(01/04/2019 18:46)Redmikey Wrote: So Arriva have lost their Sunday routes in Northwich and it wasn't mentioned on their website or social media feeds. Have they given up trying altogether?
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - iMarkeh - 02/04/2019 05:59
Arriva are horrendous at putting on service updates. if it's a tendered service, you have almost no chance of an update. I don't know why but they just aren't bothered about social media. The social media team can't make any updates until they know the changes so I think part of it is a big lack of communication within the company.
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - T42 PVM - 02/04/2019 07:07
(02/04/2019 05:59)iMarkeh Wrote: Arriva are horrendous at putting on service updates. if it's a tendered service, you have almost no chance of an update. I don't know why but they just aren't bothered about social media. The social media team can't make any updates until they know the changes so I think part of it is a big lack of communication within the company.
The main issue with Social Media is Arriva's are based in Luton. They most likely dont know where Crewe is for example.
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - knutstransport - 02/04/2019 07:25
(01/04/2019 21:42)Rick Hunter Wrote: All down to cost. D&G drivers are on around £1.50 per hour less than Arriva Winsford drivers so over a year that is quite a bit less on a tender price
Is that allowing for what D&G call an enhanced Sunday rate?
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - Rick Hunter - 02/04/2019 09:02
D&G Sunday rate is 60p an hour less than Arriva
(02/04/2019 07:25)knutstransport Wrote: Is that allowing for what D&G call an enhanced Sunday rate?
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - Y458 KNF - 10/04/2019 19:01
If I go to Winsford where will be the best bet to find the 3 Enviro400s?
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - Olympian - 10/04/2019 19:24
(10/04/2019 19:01)darylyates17 Wrote: If I go to Winsford where will be the best bet to find the 3 Enviro400s?
Just recently there seems to have been a couple on the 84 (Crewe - Chester) each day otherwise they seem to turn up on anything; Schools, 29, 31, 37, 84, even the 1 in Northwich some days but its very rare to see all 3 out on the same day.
Best places would be either Crewe Bus Station or Winsford Town Centre, with the latter particularly likely between 3:30pm & 4:30pm if one or more is on a school bus. Be prepared to wait though because, if you jut miss one, it might take a few hours for it to return on a cycle.
Good luck
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - 33109 - 25/04/2019 19:34
Solo 708 is back on home turf in macc this week.
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - 33109 - 10/05/2019 16:34
From talking to a macc driver this morning on the 38 it would seem things aren't going brilliantly ATM.
Apparently gemini 4490 is off the road with suspension problems, 4491 is fine. 4489 stinks constantly of burnt oil & driver who had it earlier today said the battery light kept coming on.
RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot - Y458 KNF - 10/05/2019 17:10
(10/05/2019 16:34)33109 Wrote: From talking to a macc driver this morning on the 38 it would seem things aren't going brilliantly ATM.
Apparently gemini 4490 is off the road with suspension problems, 4491 is fine. 4489 stinks constantly of burnt oil & driver who had it earlier today said the battery light kept coming on.
Not the first time Ive heard bad things about Winsfords Geminis