Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(04/02/2013 19:45)3111 Wrote:  

(04/02/2013 11:07)bolton bus basher Wrote:  2491 is on a 10A credit 3111 for that information

Indeed - and what a terrible ride it offered! It sounded awful and it featured awful, back-breaking suspension. 2491 did, at least, three round-trips. Renown X702 DBT (2702) was also on the 10A this evening.

I managed to photograph 2491 on the 10A:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...2696322134

X251 HJA (2251) was on the 620 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...2696322134
X259 HJA (2259) was on the 31 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...2696322134
X262 OBN (2262) was on the 34/34A - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...2696322134
X269 OBN (2269) was on the 320 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...2696322134
T322 PNB (2322) was on the 34/34A - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...2696322134
T324 PNB (2324) was on the 156 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...2696322134

I rode on ex-Bootle T319 PNB (2319) on the 20 from St Helens to Earlestown. This was still sluggish, like it was at Bootle. It also had a lot of worrying clunking and squeaking underneath the floor... V580 DJC (2350) was alright on my return 20 - not too bad in the speed department, it sounded nice and it was free of serious rattles. I then rode on T322 PNB (2322) on the 34A back to Earlestown, which was sluggish and a bit rattly but it sounded really nice - this bus has always had a nice sound to it, in my opinion.