Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
Going off a post on Facebook 2660- 2663 are due here with 2795 and 2797 Due to pass into the Training Fleet, Shame as I had 2795 on the 82 Today and thought a lot of it

[DK09 GXY]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(30/07/2016 23:09)T42 PVM Wrote:  Going off a post on Facebook 2660- 2663 are due here with 2795 and 2797 Due to pass into the Training Fleet, Shame as I had 2795 on the 82 Today and thought a lot of it

Same with 2797, was on that yesterday on the 4, good bus that is.

[trixmax2000]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(30/07/2016 23:09)T42 PVM Wrote:  Going off a post on Facebook 2660- 2663 are due here with 2795 and 2797 Due to pass into the Training Fleet, Shame as I had 2795 on the 82 Today and thought a lot of it

2795 ect These are none standard to the NW&W fleet so the costs to maintain the will be more, plus been Wrightbus Urban Ecipse they have bonded windows

putting them into the training fleet they will not used as much,

[507022]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(31/07/2016 12:12)DK09 GXY Wrote:  Same with 2797, was on that yesterday on the 4, good bus that is.

2663 is still at Bootle today, saw it in Liverpool

[DK09 GXY]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
Not gonna lie I was hoping for more B10s to come down this way, if I remember correctly there was some kind of rule in Merseyside that meant all buses had to be under 15 years old and with those being almost at that age I thought they would come down here and maybe more pulsars and possibly B7s would go to Merseyside in order to comply... I may be wrong about that rule but I'm sure it was mentioned in another thread

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(02/08/2016 18:02)DK09 GXY Wrote:  Not gonna lie I was hoping for more B10s to come down this way, if I remember correctly there was some kind of rule in Merseyside that meant all buses had to be under 15 years old and with those being almost at that age I thought they would come down here and maybe more pulsars and possibly B7s would go to Merseyside in order to comply... I may be wrong about that rule but I'm sure it was mentioned in another thread

I'm fairly sure the "rule" for vehicle age is 15 years and 364 days - although I doubt many more X/Y-reg vehicles will be withdrawn until the new hybrid double deckers (as well as the all-electric saloons) that are on order for Green Lane and Speke arrive early next year. The arrival of those vehicles will release Commanders and Pulsars for cascade to other depots

[DK09 GXY]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
Just found out from Facebook that 2724 has been withdrawn for about three weeks and 2722 is due to be withdrawn when 2661. It's a shame as a) the volvos are a million times better than a horrible pulsar and b) they werent here very long anyway, they only came a couple of months ago.

[Aaron's Transport Pictures]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
Changes to the 3 between Mold and Chester on September 4th sound quite interesting but concerning I'd imagine..
3 - Service reduced to every hour and route altered between Buckley and Penyffordd to serve The Tivoli, Buckley Station and Dobshill.
3A - Same as the 3 except the route variation in Penyffordd.
3B - Hourly service like the 3, but via the original route in Buckley down Precinct Way, Jubilee Road and Bannel Lane to Penyffordd.

[DK09 GXY]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(11/08/2016 19:53)Aarons Transport Pictures Wrote:  Changes to the 3 between Mold and Chester on September 4th sound quite interesting but concerning I'd imagine..
3 - Service reduced to every hour and route altered between Buckley and Penyffordd to serve The Tivoli, Buckley Station and Dobshill.
3A - Same as the 3 except the route variation in Penyffordd.
3B - Hourly service like the 3, but via the original route in Buckley down Precinct Way, Jubilee Road and Bannel Lane to Penyffordd.

That is interesting, wonder why the reduction and if the same will happen to the 4 eventually

[Aaron's Transport Pictures]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
I think it's so residents in Dobshill still have a service to Chester as they changed it in June back to its original route down Bannel Lane due to incidents with parked cars on Brook Street as the turns were really tight. I doubt the 4 will change anytime soon to be honest.