Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

[knutstransport]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
The Northwich 1 route now seems to usually be allocated 1 Centro and 1 Cadet - it was previously usually 2 x Centros.

[LT10]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(13/09/2019 16:03)Y474 KNF Wrote:  I'm happy to be corrected if I'm wrong but I'm fairly sure Winsford depot doesn't operate any services in the Liverpool City Region

Nope, they don't. I was referring to the fact they won't withdraw 56 plate buses when there are 54 plates still operating into the city region.

(14/09/2019 21:26)childwallblues Wrote:  If as you claim the Centros are such rubbish why woud Merseyside want them?
Perhaps Runcorn may make a better job of maintaining both the Centros and the Geminis?

They are rubbish (my opinion), but allocation isn't really down to the choice of depots, it's decided by the depots needs, and ultimately the final decision is made at Head Office with some input from the depot.

(14/09/2019 19:43)33109 Wrote:  Cadets will be good to work out of winsford as they've got decent capacity & have a bit more grunt to get up the hills.

Correct me if Im wrong, but they have pretty much the same capacity as a Cadet, and mechanically they are absolutely identical, so don't really have any difference in power between the two of them.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
According to form there will be pvr reductions when these bus hubs open so merseyside wont need them.

[Barney]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(20/09/2019 20:48)motormayhem1 Wrote:  According to form there will be PVR reductions when these bus hubs open so Merseyside won't need them.

I'm not so sure that these hubs will actually open. Apart from the almost unanimous negative feedback on these proposals, the city council met this week and there was cross-party agreement that they need to be looked at again as they totally contradict the Metro Mayor's aim at increasing bus usage and reducing car usage and pollution in the city centre. We shall see.

[313201]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
There is 1 assigned to the birkenhead depot, 3180.

It is a regular performer out everyday and up to now as far as I can gather although I might be incorrect, none of the drivers have complained about it.

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
That one isn't ex-Winsford, it came from Telford in exchange for one that had been in a fatal. I believe it is a bit different to the Winsford one's as well.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(20/09/2019 23:29)313201 Wrote:  There is 1 assigned to the birkenhead depot, 3180.

It is a regular performer out everyday and up to now as far as I can gather although I might be incorrect, none of the drivers have complained about it.

3180 is just like a pulsar and was nice to drive when I drove it on rails in birkenhead.

[33109]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Noticed in northwich this morning winsford have got was couple of extra cadets in the shape of 2492 & 2520.

[mikestone]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
706 has acquired poppy adornments - it had a couple of large ones a few days ago, but some smaller ones have now been added.
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It was preceded by 2572 and followed by 4491 - which is no longer in Sapphire livery.

[Depotosw]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
I assume the engineering change has now taken place with Runcorn as X1 Sapphire Pulsar 2, 3139 appeared on a early evening working into Chester on the 84 yesterday, 3rd October.