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RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - Valandil - 08/02/2013 20:04
(04/02/2013 07:30)MX12CFE Wrote: Had an early morning walk to halewood ravenscourt this morning to see what was on the J1 from prescot it was Gemini 4453 MX61AYM and there wasnt a single person on it i took a photo of it before i got the first 79 to town which was formed of Gemini 4448 MX61AYG i thought the bus for the J1 must have to leave speke depot at some god unearthly hour to get up to prescot as it leaves prescot at 3:50am and gets to ravenscourt at 4:35am.
Do you have a link to the photo? =)
I hope they pay the driver quite a bit extra to do those hours!
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - buses7675 - 09/02/2013 13:44
4129 was involved in a collision on Allerton Road at around 12pm on Thursday when operating an 86 towards Liverpool.
The accident was at the junction of Allerton Road/Queens Drive with a white BMW turning right (into Queens Drive) in front of the bus.
Not sure exactly what happened as I just saw the aftermath but that will be why 4129 is in need of repair!
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2013/02/08/passengers-hurt-in-allerton-bus-crash-100252-32769532/
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - MPTE1955 - 09/02/2013 14:22
Thanks for clearing that up Steve.
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - MX12CFE - 09/02/2013 18:10
(08/02/2013 20:04)Valandil Wrote:(04/02/2013 07:30)MX12CFE Wrote: Had an early morning walk to halewood ravenscourt this morning to see what was on the J1 from prescot it was Gemini 4453 MX61AYM and there wasnt a single person on it i took a photo of it before i got the first 79 to town which was formed of Gemini 4448 MX61AYG i thought the bus for the J1 must have to leave speke depot at some god unearthly hour to get up to prescot as it leaves prescot at 3:50am and gets to ravenscourt at 4:35am.
Do you have a link to the photo? =)
I hope they pay the driver quite a bit extra to do those hours!
Will upload it when i get a chance my girlfriends been in hospital the shot is a little blurred as it was blowing a force 10 gale at the time!
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - H101GEV - 09/02/2013 21:48
A couple of odd ones from Speke today, including 3332 on the 86, 2592 on the 79 and 4451 on the 76.
Had a ride on 3332 for the first time in a while just to remember the occasions on which I rode the 86B home as a bit of a change from the vastly, vastly superior B7s. The Olympian was awful - slow despite being apparently being flat out right the way through the journey, terribly crashy and rough over all roads and grim, dark and tired internally. Comparing R-WVRs with the B7s is like comparing Hackney with Mayfair - one is superior by a massive margin. There are a few good examples in the R-WVR batch (3309 and 3315 for two) but both of Speke's are appalling in all departments. I still can't believe two DLAs weren't retained ahead of these complete and utter heaps. It's just embarrassing for Arriva to have these substituting for a high-specification and all-around excellent double decker in the B7TLs.
By way of comparison, I also had 4125 and 4458 today and both were simply excellent.
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - childwallblues - 11/02/2013 19:09
Gemini 4451 was on the 78 today. First time that I personally have seen one on the route.
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - H101GEV - 12/02/2013 20:36
2462 is on 79D lates tonight.
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - Ultralow - 12/02/2013 23:36
Apparently 2800 is at Speke for repair work and apparently a pulsar came to Speke today on loan and was on the 81s but has now gone back to its own depot.
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - Ultralow - 12/02/2013 23:38
Forgot to post that 4126 is at St Helens for P+P but it should be back anyday now as it went 2 weeks ago.
RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - Raawwwrrr! - 13/02/2013 06:12
(12/02/2013 23:36)Ultralow Wrote: Apparently a pulsar came to Speke today on loan and was on the 81s but has now gone back to its own depot.
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