Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(19/07/2014 19:49)33109 Wrote:  Well folks be warned cos this DOES NOT make for pretty reading. Winsford seemed to have a major run of bad luck with 4 total failures! As below:

(1)4156 worked off crewe at 07:30, failed just after leaving nantwich with the prob been reported as gearbox slipping out of gear.

(2)4143 picked us up & continued seemingly fine, however just after getting through tarvin it too failed with the exact same prob as 4156!!!!!

(3)2619 failed, noted sitting just outside tarvin but no idea what was up with it. No driver noted with it so assume they'd gone with another driver fetch a fitter out. Noted 2619 approx 11:10am.

(4)On my way back into crewe near nantwich, 4215 must've hit a particularly big tree branch as on arrival into nantwich the front upper deck windscreen had a big spider web crack.

I eventually arrived into chester approx 10:00, picked up by a GHA driver. Massive thanks must go to the drivers. Plz forgive if i've got names wrong here copey. Think IIRC it was a guy called neil driving 4156 & female driver called linda who was driving the 08:00 off crewe??? Both really helpful & kept everyone informed.

Copey any idea what the hell happened to 4143/4156?

Also interestingly 709 was noted on the 37 around 13:00 at crewe no idea why tbh though.

Four? There was more than that!

4143 made it out onto the 31A/37 and 4156 was back on 84 longs in the afternoon. I also found-out that 709 replaced a Centro on the 31A/37 as it was needed on the 84. By this evening, most of the 84 longs were Cadets and Centros with 4026 and 4156 being the only 'deckers on there.

To add to the madness, a 29 was missed-out in the afternoon due to a breakdown and the 84 still wasn't running properly by the evening (with one short missing and the other short being faulty 4042 which was replaced by a Cadet in Nantwich as it had gear problems [it was on 84 longs in the morning but was taken-off as it had gear problems...]).

Overall, an absolutely shambolic service was provided - no 84 to Crewe from Chester for nearly two hours and no 84 shorts running at about midday whilst 84 longs were all over the place... However, credit to the drivers and the Crewe Bus Station supervisor for being of help during the chaos.