Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(22/08/2013 22:06)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  

(22/08/2013 20:41)mr t Wrote:  Theres also been a few in bad crashes over recent years hasnt there - one at Chester, one on the 26/27.. maybe they are all doomed sooner rather than later

2404 had the engine fire today
2407 had an engine fire by the Roy Castle Centre Liverpool
2408 had an engine fire after running dead from Speke Depot after a short loan to the depot from GL
2412 had the fire running dead on the 487 route
2413 was the one that crashed in Kensington on the 26/27
2414 was the one whose accelerator also jammed and it hit a Wrightbus Cadet from behind in Birkenhead Bus Station

24?? was the one whose accelerator jammed and it hit various bus station objects in Chester before coming to a stop on some railings

2411 in Chester

[J654UHN]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot
Just look over the pennines. yorkshire have had a few dafs go up in flames, seems to be common with them

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot
Was it not mentioned that it was an engine design flaw in that a fuel pipe sat very close to parts of the exhaust system?

[N301 CKB]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(23/08/2013 13:05)E208 WBG Wrote:  

(22/08/2013 22:06)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  

(22/08/2013 20:41)mr t Wrote:  Theres also been a few in bad crashes over recent years hasnt there - one at Chester, one on the 26/27.. maybe they are all doomed sooner rather than later

2404 had the engine fire today
2407 had an engine fire by the Roy Castle Centre Liverpool
2408 had an engine fire after running dead from Speke Depot after a short loan to the depot from GL
2412 had the fire running dead on the 487 route
2413 was the one that crashed in Kensington on the 26/27
2414 was the one whose accelerator also jammed and it hit a Wrightbus Cadet from behind in Birkenhead Bus Station

24?? was the one whose accelerator jammed and it hit various bus station objects in Chester before coming to a stop on some railings

2411 in Chester

It was 2412 in Chester

[Harryn9000]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot
well what green lane route go down prescott road

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(24/08/2013 15:17)Harryn9000 Wrote:  well what green lane route go down prescott road

8, 9 and 10B serve there, but it should have been a 8/9 allocation

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot
Variety was the spice of life on the 10B today with 2578 I seen this morning, whilst this afternoon on consecutive boards were 2223 & 2413. The latter I rode and this must be the best of the small amount of alx300's left.

[M393VWX]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot
Ironically all the ALX300s that have had fires had been at Speke at some point, in the case of 2404, 08 and 12 they were at Speke not long before going up in flames and 07 spent many years at Speke also 2721 is ex Speke and DAF Cadet 2424 had a fire at Speke as well and well we all know what happened to 4118 so perhaps Speke have put curses on their buses

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot

(03/09/2013 01:17)M393VWX Wrote:  Ironically all the ALX300s that have had fires had been at Speke at some point, in the case of 2404, 08 and 12 they were at Speke not long before going up in flames and 07 spent many years at Speke also 2721 is ex Speke and DAF Cadet 2424 had a fire at Speke as well and well we all know what happened to 4118 so perhaps Speke have put curses on their buses

2404 and 2412 were not Speke buses. They went from Manchester, to (a short move) Green Lane to Birkenhead. However after being on a short loan to Speke, 2404 and 8 did suffer the same fate

4118 had the "GHD curse" of overheating and igniting much like the straighteners of which it was advertising

It's not Speke cursing the buses, it's the passengers having to use them!

[mr t]

RE: Arriva North West - Green Lane Depot
2 Cadets on the 68 today, 2551 and 2431, are these transfers or havent I seen them before?!