Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

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(18/07/2018 22:01)Nwales Bus Wrote:  If I remember rightly that a batch of Solo SR’s from St Helens were due to be moved to Bangor, with the 09 plate Solos moving to Wrexham to replace the darts. However drivers in Bangor complained that the SR’s were not practical for the Bethesda routes with some drivers reporting that 711 use to ground in the Gerlan area.

So 711 was sent to Wrexham, and some Original style Solos moved in the other direction

The CX57s replaced the Darts though, there were no Darts left bar the 9 series after the 66*s and they already had their future planned with the swap at Rhyl with the Enviro200s im sure the reason being was simply because they're not slimlime we sent 0663 in exchange for 0711 and then latterly received 0701/5 because the SRs are welcomed here.

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RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(18/07/2018 23:04)LJ51 DDA Wrote:  The CX57s replaced the Darts though, there were no Darts left bar the 9 series after the 66*s and they already had their future planned with the swap at Rhyl with the Enviro200s im sure the reason being was simply because they're not slimlime we sent 0663 in exchange for 0711 and then latterly received 0701/5 because the SRs are welcomed here.

It was actually 695 that was directly swapped with 711, it was determined that 711 was unsuitable for a number of Bangor routes with tight sections that less suited the width of the SR which necessitated the swap.

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RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(19/07/2018 08:35)Depotosw Wrote:  It was actually 695 that was directly swapped with 711, it was determined that 711 was unsuitable for a number of Bangor routes with tight sections that less suited the width of the SR which necessitated the swap.

Aye that was the one, knew it was one of them!

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RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
Interestingly going back to Chester it's self 4642 was on a 4 yesterday with a broken ticket machine how often to the Enviro400s go on routes other than the 10/10As as I hadn't seen one on a 4 before

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(20/07/2018 12:34)darylyates17 Wrote:  Interestingly going back to Chester it's self 4642 was on a 4 yesterday with a broken ticket machine how often to the Enviro400s go on routes other than the 10/10As as I hadn't seen one on a 4 before

I have seen it on blacons a few times. Arriva Chester seem very short on buses. The cadets keep creeping onto blacons and pulsars keep going on the 10/10As as well. You can tell how bad things are at Arriva as you used to go out and be 99% certain what bus would be on the route. Now it could be anything. Blacon has had Enviro400 Sapphire, Lowlander, Pulsar, Cadet and Solos and that is just the past month or so. They wouldn't mess about with blacons or sapphire unless they were very very short.

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(20/07/2018 18:02)iMarkeh Wrote:  I have seen it on blacons a few times. Arriva Chester seem very short on buses. The cadets keep creeping onto blacons and pulsars keep going on the 10/10As as well. You can tell how bad things are at Arriva as you used to go out and be 99% certain what bus would be on the route. Now it could be anything. Blacon has had Enviro400 Sapphire, Lowlander, Pulsar, Cadet and Solos and that is just the past month or so. They wouldn't mess about with blacons or sapphire unless they were very very short.

What is the current PVR for Chester?

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(22/07/2018 16:35)darylyates17 Wrote:  What is the current PVR for Chester?

Blacons - 3
Saughall - 1
12/13 - 6
4/X4 - 9
10/10A - 9
82 - 2

I make it 30. 31 if you include the 10S (11A doesn't add to the PVR as it works off another route afaik). I can't think of any other route but this does sound very low for Chester depot.

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(23/07/2018 08:27)iMarkeh Wrote:  Blacons - 3
Saughall - 1
12/13 - 6
4/X4 - 9
10/10A - 9
82 - 2

I make it 30. 31 if you include the 10S (11A doesn't add to the PVR as it works off another route afaik). I can't think of any other route but this does sound very low for Chester depot.

Must be really short of buses as you said as I believe there is 38 buses based at Chester including the Lowlander

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RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot
One thing thats got me wondering is will the 10/10As lose the Sapphire branding when the Pulsars replace the Enviro400s if it is then 2935 might need to be repainted or cascaded

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RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Chester Depot

(28/07/2018 21:10)darylyates17 Wrote:  One thing thats got me wondering is will the 10/10As lose the Sapphire branding when the Pulsars replace the Enviro400s if it is then 2935 might need to be repainted or cascaded

That is meant to be the case yes afaik. No point in rebranding the pulsars and bringing them to spec. The 10/10A keeps having random buses on it anyway so the sapphire doesn't really work now.