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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - Valandil - 09/12/2012 11:35
(22/11/2012 19:06)K853 MTJ Wrote: people high up coming out with a truly ridiculous excuse for keeping Cadets!
I'm interested in what these excuses are!
"The slight difference in shade of the interior in general improves the mental well-being of the passengers in the first two rows by as much as 1.5% over similar vehicle types" ... something like that?
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - Raawwwrrr! - 09/12/2012 11:58
Probably because they're so f*cked and shabby (even with the refurbs) the other depots will refuse to accept them!
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - K853 MTJ - 09/12/2012 18:44
Apparently the depots fleet is new enough and getting newer replacements would bring the average age down too much. That is probably in relation to the size of the depot and the average age of other depots but either way its rather pitiful!
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - First Class - 09/12/2012 19:51
I don't think the Cadet's are particularly bad buses, but I find that the seats need better/thicker padding. They are quite hard, especially for journeys >30mins.
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - R879 HRF - 10/12/2012 15:54
But at least the heating on the cadets are half decent - compared to pulsars which are hard and cold!
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - N301 CKB - 10/12/2012 20:57
I've been told (and this does not mean it is 100%) that next year there will be some changes to a few services.
403/13 will be starting and finishing at Woodside again.
487 is being extended to Willaston. (not sure where it will turn round though)
409 is being extended to Moreton. (strange one due to the 403/13)
We will see what happens!
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - MX12 KWB - 10/12/2012 21:10
That would be good as there are so many routes that terminate at woodside as i know there was a brannd new pulsar on 409 on the weekend,487 i havent been on yet
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - b2311e - 10/12/2012 22:06
Does anybody actually use Woodside though? Always seems to be empty, although I could see the possible benefit of having the layover
487 I can see getting split into 2 routes again eventually. The route itself hasn't changed much for a while so quite likely.
I'm not overly familiar with the 409, but how the hell would that work?!
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - wirralbus - 10/12/2012 22:20
Why they dont just extend the 487 to Hooton Station rather than Willaston , the Willaston loop will be a long circle via Hadlow Road and the Hinderton Arms .
I wonder whether the 409 is to replace part of a Merseytravel route is it he 106 im thinking about , with Merseytravel just retaining the section in New Brighton.
RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot - SNL 824 - 11/12/2012 13:12
(10/12/2012 22:20)wirralbus Wrote: Why they dont just extend the 487 to Hooton Station rather than Willaston , the Willaston loop will be a long circle via Hadlow Road and the Hinderton Arms .
I wonder whether the 409 is to replace part of a Merseytravel route is it he 106 im thinking about , with Merseytravel just retaining the section in New Brighton.
Yes Willaston wouldn't make sense for the 487. In fact even Hooton doesn't make sense. A lot of extra mileage for few extra fares. Perhaps West Vale/Little neston would be more sensible, but would still require an extra vehicle allocated for mainly concessionary passengers.
On a separate note there's a 12 Reg Pulsar on the 464 this morning.