Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
I found and rode on Pulsar 2 MX59 FFW (3018) today on the 55. I was shocked when I noticed that it'd been repainted (partially?) like sister-buses MX59 JJO (3027) and MX59 JJU (3028). The repaint didn't make it look smart at all and it didn't seem to have that shine to it, disappointingly... The labelling inside wasn't standard either - a bit badly-completed job in my opinion. Also, I noticed on a few occasions that when it was going off the line, a bit of smoke was coming out of the back (externally, of course)!

On the other hand, the ride-quality of the bus has improved 100%! It used to rattle like mad and now it's one of a few buses that can get across the horrifyingly-bad bridge on Stanley Road in Kirkdale without rattling at all! It could easily put a lot of similar brand-new examples to shame! Credit to the body-shop workers for doing such a great job; give them all jobs at Wrightbus!

For the record, Enviro400 MX09 LXO (4432) is the one with the Liverpool Hope University all-over advertisement.

Pulsar CX58 FZL (2929) and Pulsar 2 MX59 JJU (3028) were both out on the 58 today.

Plaxton Pointer 2 X216 ANC (2216) was out on the 52/52A, which I think was a swap in the afternoon because the driver of it had a Pulsar when I seen him leaving Liverpool (about an hour after that, I seen him heading into Liverpool on 2216)! (Sadly, 2216 isn't a "novelty bus" that I'd go out of my way for - it was never a bus that was commonly on the 52/52A...)

Lastly, DAF/ALX400 T303 FGN (4063) was out on the 345 and another example - possibly S260 JUA (4090) - was out on the 311!