Arriva North West Fleet List

Last updated: 4th October 2021

The fleet list has been brought up-to-date, with plenty of changes over the last year. Recent changes include the arrival of 4489-91 at Speke from Rhyl, allowing 4556-58 to move to Bootle. St Helens have also received two additional double deckers from Green Lane in 4484 and 4485.

Withdrawals include various Cadets and Commanders plus B7TLs 4103 and 4116. The remaining ex-London Plaxton Presidents have left for scrap. The 'Polish & Promote' programme has continued at glacial pace. Repaints since the last update include the two heritage liveried Enviro400s: 4411 (Ribble) and 4590 (Merseyside Transport). Two Green Lane Enviro400s, 4647 and 4675, have received a partial repaint to complement overall adverts for Kraken Rum. The front ends have been repainted lime green to match the advert, which is based on the older eco green livery. Speke's 4568, another Kraken Rum advert recipient, has retained its Interurban front end as its advert is based on this scheme instead.

4105 has been converted into a training bus and renumbered 8300, the first double decker trainer in the history of Arriva North West.

Six Click buses remain: 1024, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038 and 1039, all of which are based at Green Lane and used exclusively on the 201 contract and Clatterbridge Hospital park and ride duties. These buses are never used on commercial work and are expected to depart the fleet shortly.

An interesting acquisition is ex-London Enviro400 4699, which is currently based at Bootle for rail replacement work, still in red livery and yet to be converted to single door.

There will inevitably be further significant changes in the coming weeks when 34 new buses are delivered, the first for the region since 2017. These include 24 Wright StreetDecks for Green Lane and 10 Wright StreetLites for Southport, the latter comprising dealer stock of various lengths. Further details will be added to the list once confirmed.