Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(19/04/2016 18:45)33109 Wrote:  Anybody know whatever the hells happened to gemini 4490? I know it's over in st helens repair shop waiting attention, is this just a tidy up job on the bodywork or was it victim of an rtc?

Last wk macc had centro 2611 on loan but not seen what we've got this wk could be the same bus.

4490 should be back at Macclesfield by next Tuesday.
The 84's are returning to decker operation from Monday after a short trial with Pulsars in an effort to reduce fuel costs. Some services were being overloaded coming out of Chester with a result of passengers being left behind. Not good on a hourly frequency.
The service is struggling to make profit even after reducing the vehicle numbers probably due to the route length and number of concessionary fares. This is an industry wide problem due to the cash starved councils not being able to afford to reimburse the operators with a reasonable amount of money to cover free travel.
The results can be seen by the unfortunate demise of Routemaster on the route which was not helped of course by another operator deciding to try and get a share.
Nothing else of any significance to report on the fleet side.