Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

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Photos of 712 now up on my Flickr

715 is another out on 32s

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(30/07/2012 08:55)CX54 DKD Wrote:  Photos of 712 now up on my Flickr

715 is another out on 32s

Nice pics, I'll see if I can get out later in the day to have a ride on one of the SRs as they do look rather nice.

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(30/07/2012 10:11)MX59 JZJ Wrote:  Nice pics, I'll see if I can get out later in the day to have a ride on one of the SRs as they do look rather nice.

Thanks! They're an absolute and genuine pleasure to ride and, I don't know whether it's just because their new but, they're literally silent over some really horrible roads and the interior is just really refreshing. For now at least, and as a passenger, I'd prefer one over a Pulsar. Quick run down on allocations of the ones which are out at the moment:

710 - Drive familiarisation
711 - 32A
712 - 37/38
713 - 32A
715 - 32

No doubt more will be out later!

[ste]

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It was reported a solo being on the 10 as I was going to say someone had sighted one. And the loads on a 10 especially in Liverpool at night can easily match a daytime load.

[Raawwwrrr!]

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1044 is on 89s again!

Refusing to retire this one! Currently St Helens bound from the 1.17 off Bellevale

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(30/07/2012 12:22)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  1044 is on 89s again!

Refusing to retire this one! Currently St Helens bound from the 1.17 off Bellevale

That along with 1055 (34/As) were the only ones I noted whilst in St Helens this morning. I wonder how long now before they're gone for good...

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Another interurban Paladin (presumably 1048) is out on 89s as well.

[K853 MTJ]

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I hope they cling on until at least tomorrow, I'm going to venture out and have a day chasing them up before they are gone for good.
Once all the Paladins are gone, there'll be no more Scanias operating on Merseyside, strange seeing as this time 2 years ago, there was a fully fledged fleet of 2 different types of Scania with 4 different bodies!

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theres a solo SR out on the 37/38

[CX54 DKD (Moderator)]

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712 on a Dart duty mate. There's a link to my pictures of it in one of my posts from earlier!