Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
The 311 was interesting this morning... Only one Pulsar 2, MX09 LYF (2944), was on the service, along with Cadets DK55 FXC (2518) and CX07 CSO (2638), Marshalls V633 DVU (7633) and V649 DVU (7649) and Plaxton Pointer 2s X228 ANC (2228) and X233 ANC (2233). By this evening, 7633 had been replaced by ALX200 X264 OBN (2264), which was on the 61 this morning, 2233 had been replaced by Pulsar 2 MX59 FFU (3016) and 2518 had been replaced by Pulsar CX58 FZH (2926). I had 7633 to Skelmersdale this morning and it was definitely one of the worst journeys that I've had in my life - uncomfortable and rattly. I had 2944 home - this sounded wheezy and it felt sluggish off the line a lot (kickdown nearly every time), however it wasn't too rattly. Hopefully, today was just a one-off - things have improved recently, so I'm hoping that Bootle aren't going to ruin things now!

Enviro400 MX09 LXS (4434) is on the 52/52A this evening.