Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(20/04/2019 07:04)L401CJF Wrote:  Going back about 6 years or so, the 432s ran separate from the 437s at night, with reliefs being at Gorsey Lane stop and the odd relief prior to this at Laird Street on a 437 before staying on 432s all night. There was also the odd duty where a driver took a bus from the depot and ran light to New Brighton to start, just like a driver used to take a bus to start the 118 around 8pm at New Brighton.

A couple of evening driver changes still happen at Gorsey Lane now, despite them interworking with the 437.

Going way back, evening & Sunday 437s used to interwork the 423, when the evening & Sunday 437 was every 30 minutes, & that went back to the predecessor 37 which interworked the 3A, that's why the 423 was extended to/from Liverpool, when 437 gained an evening & Sunday service to/from Liverpool, as the interworking continued for a few years after, now the 423 is stand alone route, back then evening & Sunday 431 as it was then, interworked the old 7A/8E[i know this as 7A/8E were my local routes], driver changes done at Leasowe Station, interworking i suppose saves ferrying drivers to the change point, when they can change at the depot.

All the current routes are busy enough without having to divert through the Beechwood, thing is 437 would be the natural diversion, but that'd mean parts of that route without a bus, 437 Claughton-Upton station section is the only route that serves those roads, & it's quite busy from those stops, the only thing maybe Merseytravel reintroduce evening & Sunday 492/495, or part of the 418 maybe Arrowe Park-Birkenhead.