Arriva North West - Speke Depot (Old Closed Thread)

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RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot

(28/09/2016 19:08)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  Wrong.

The amount of Gemini's ordered for the 79/82 was on the basis of the 82 running to Speke every 6 minutes and the 79 running to Halewood every 10 minutes, and to Belle Vale every 10 also. The extension to Netherley again has increased the PVR (by 1/2?) and now 3 buses are branded for route 500. It means that if a Gemini is VOR, there are very few spares to replace it, and as such, another vehicle is used.

The 79 PVR was further increased last year to sort out time keeping issues, so the 44 Geminis originally bought for the 79/82 falls short of the present PVR so there has to be other types running on them,this should be balanced out when the new hybrids arrive next year