Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

[M113 YKC]

RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

(15/06/2012 15:55)MX61 AWY (3067) Wrote:  3018 MX59 FFW has re entered service - I saw it on the 62 this afternoon.

Thanks for posting that! I have something to keep my eye out for now!

[M113 YKC]

RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
I found and rode on Pulsar 2 MX59 FFW (3018) today on the 55. I was shocked when I noticed that it'd been repainted (partially?) like sister-buses MX59 JJO (3027) and MX59 JJU (3028). The repaint didn't make it look smart at all and it didn't seem to have that shine to it, disappointingly... The labelling inside wasn't standard either - a bit badly-completed job in my opinion. Also, I noticed on a few occasions that when it was going off the line, a bit of smoke was coming out of the back (externally, of course)!

On the other hand, the ride-quality of the bus has improved 100%! It used to rattle like mad and now it's one of a few buses that can get across the horrifyingly-bad bridge on Stanley Road in Kirkdale without rattling at all! It could easily put a lot of similar brand-new examples to shame! Credit to the body-shop workers for doing such a great job; give them all jobs at Wrightbus!

For the record, Enviro400 MX09 LXO (4432) is the one with the Liverpool Hope University all-over advertisement.

Pulsar CX58 FZL (2929) and Pulsar 2 MX59 JJU (3028) were both out on the 58 today.

Plaxton Pointer 2 X216 ANC (2216) was out on the 52/52A, which I think was a swap in the afternoon because the driver of it had a Pulsar when I seen him leaving Liverpool (about an hour after that, I seen him heading into Liverpool on 2216)! (Sadly, 2216 isn't a "novelty bus" that I'd go out of my way for - it was never a bus that was commonly on the 52/52A...)

Lastly, DAF/ALX400 T303 FGN (4063) was out on the 345 and another example - possibly S260 JUA (4090) - was out on the 311!

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
Todays daily dart on the 62 was 2219, only caught a glance but this looks like it has had some panel work around the front to under the drivers window, anybody know if this had any sort of accident lately. Thanks.

[M113 YKC]

RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

(18/06/2012 18:44)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Todays daily dart on the 62 was 2219, only caught a glance but this looks like it has had some panel work around the front to under the drivers window, anybody know if this had any sort of accident lately. Thanks.

It was just a repaint, I think - it's been like that for a while now, anyway!

[MPTE1955]

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Just first time I had noticed, maybe I had seen it before, either way it doesnt look particulary tidy.

[M113 YKC]

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(18/06/2012 19:07)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Just first time I had noticed, maybe I had seen it before, either way it doesnt look particulary tidy.

No, it doesn't! It has yellow fleet-numbers on top of cream paint! Bootle seem to have a bad habit of putting stupid-coloured fleet-numbers on buses!

[M113 YKC]

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Marshall V633 DVU (7633) is now at Birkenhead (Credit - "N301 CKB"). This is the first time that the batch has been split up since they all arrived from Skelmersdale. I expect that the batch will be further split up when the 68 is sent to Green Lane, too.

Also, ALX200 X264 OBN (2264) was on the 56A this evening - not unusual, but quite interesting to see (it's not common on there, but the type is).

[P450 SWX]

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Hope 7633 goes back Bootle soon went on it today it's worse that LS 2458 rattles like no tommorow

[Harryn9000]

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got on marshall the other week had been p & p but sounded so rough at low speed though it was gonna break down

[M113 YKC]

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(20/06/2012 14:12)Harryn9000 Wrote:  got on marshall the other week had been p & p but sounded so rough at low speed though it was gonna break down

That might be V643 DVU (7643) - that can go really fast off the line, however it has a very rough engine and rattles are just unbearable! Idle vibrations were awful when I last rode on it, too. It doesn't help when there's a slow driver at the wheel, either! Awful bus!