Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[mathias]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(13/10/2014 19:37)507009 Wrote:  No, I'm not saying that. However, I do seem to remember reading Arriva and Merseytravel had an agreement that they wouldn't use buses older than 15 years in their bus stations. Certainly, this seems to have been adhered to in recent years.

True! Explains why Bootle's 33xx (R3xx WVR) Palatines were sent to Southport in the last few years of their lives (Merseytravel didn't want step buses operating in Bootle Bus Station).

Also explains why Peoplesbus terminated their 52A service on Whitechapel instead of running it to Queen Square (Peoplesbus introduced that service with 15-year old ex-Stagecoach B10M/Alx PS buses and Merseytravel weren't too happy about it).