Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(06/07/2014 08:50)33109 Wrote:  How the hell outhouse fitters have managed to stay sane with all the probs DLAs have given us is beyond me!!!

At least they've kept them in a job!

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Hehehe true! Dunno what's given em more probs the DLAs or the centros?!!

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(06/07/2014 07:32)wirralbus Wrote:  It would make some form of sense to do that , only problem is do Arriva work like that , it would allow the depot workers to know the ins and outs of a particular bus type .

It was reported that Speke is getting 2 more VLW`s in September so they may be going there, although the 2 VLW`s at St Helens are surplus there now since they lost school contracts. Is it definite the Southport B7s are going to Winsford or just a rumour, Southport still has DLA`s to replace and also Speke will still be short of buses even after it gets the new Enviro400s due to the demise of it`s Bendys.So Southport may not part with them or they could end up back at Speke.

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(06/07/2014 21:44)FC Pictures Wrote:  It was reported that Speke is getting 2 more VLW`s in September so they may be going there, although the 2 VLW`s at St Helens are surplus there now since they lost school contracts. Is it definite the Southport B7s are going to Winsford or just a rumour, Southport still has DLA`s to replace and also Speke will still be short of buses even after it gets the new Enviro400s due to the demise of it`s Bendys.So Southport may not part with them or they could end up back at Speke.

It has been reported elsewhere that Speke are likely to get Commanders 2504-13 ex Wales currently at Bolton.

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(06/07/2014 21:44)FC Pictures Wrote:  Is it definite the Southport B7s are going to Winsford or just a rumour, Southport still has DLA`s to replace and also Speke will still be short of buses even after it gets the new Enviro400s due to the demise of it`s Bendys.So Southport may not part with them or they could end up back at Speke.

I can't see Southport being able to keep eight 55-plated 'deckers for five school boards.

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Dunno what's going on atm alls I know is our DLAs will need replacing soon as S regs their all now at least 16 years old & I believe arriva dispose of vehicles around 17/18 years old???

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Arriva NW get shut of most of their vehicles at 15 years old.

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(07/07/2014 09:41)33109 Wrote:  Dunno what's going on atm alls I know is our DLAs will need replacing soon as S regs their all now at least 16 years old & I believe arriva dispose of vehicles around 17/18 years old???

The DLAs still in use with Arriva North West and Arriva Buses Wales are between 15 and 15 1/2 years old. Rhyl's 4041 is the oldest DLA still in service at the moment

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RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Today (sat) for some bizarre reason macc have chosen to put optare 705 on #38 & 4489 is on the bollington circuit!!!

Why the hell they've done it is beyond me as the #38 gets much larger passenger loadings than the #10.705 was packed to capacity within 5 mins of leaving macc on the 09:10 duty.

Copey any ideas why they swop sometimes for an optare on sat? Deckers on macc locals is overkill big time.

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(12/07/2014 08:21)33109 Wrote:  Today (sat) for some bizarre reason macc have chosen to put optare 705 on #38 & 4489 is on the bollington circuit!!!

Why the hell they've done it is beyond me as the #38 gets much larger passenger loadings than the #10.705 was packed to capacity within 5 mins of leaving macc on the 09:10 duty.

Copey any ideas why they swop sometimes for an optare on sat? Deckers on macc locals is overkill big time.

Can't really answer for Macc as I work in Winsford, but I would suggest that maybe 4489 has some issues requiring it to be kept on a route local to the depot and I don't think that Macc have a spare DLA to use as we have had their 4042 for a while now. I do agree that an optare would seem unsuitable for the 38.
Before Macc took over all the 38's we used to use 4489 on 84's on a Sat and substitute it with either a DLA or a Centro on the 38.
Hope this helps.