+- Forum | Merseyside Dennis Dart Website (http://dartslf.com/forum)
+-- Forum: Buses (/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Local Bus Scene: North West and Wales (/forumdisplay.php?fid=2)
+--- Thread: Arriva North West - Southport Depot (/showthread.php?tid=6)
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - T42 PVM - 23/12/2012 04:27
mate theres talk in a few depots of stagecoach starting routes and extending ones they got but we have waiting until at least march before we find out for sure
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - Vbg111v - 23/12/2012 09:43
(23/12/2012 00:47)skemnational Wrote: The 375 needs brandnew deckers that aren't going to break down,this route is up there revenue wise with any in north west.
Agreed.
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - CX54 DKD - 23/12/2012 13:09
So with suggestions that Southport take on the 395, logistically, how would that work? You'd be looking at around a good 6 hour duty time for joint operation with the 375/385.
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - Pulsar2 - 23/12/2012 14:36
(23/12/2012 13:09)CX54 DKD Wrote: So with suggestions that Southport take on the 395, logistically, how would that work? You'd be looking at around a good 6 hour duty time for joint operation with the 375/385.
Also there is not enough room in the depot for the extra buses , it is rammed solid first thing in the morning As it is, not even to swing a cat.
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - skemnational - 23/12/2012 15:28
The 395 should be withdrawn and 375/385 taking over and instead of finish in Ormskirk run to southport,agreed the garage is quite full but there 3 withdrawn buses taking space and a learner that's never out plus there spare space that's never used in the garage
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - motormayhem - 23/12/2012 17:59
I can tell u now st helens is not gonna sit down and withdraw the 395,then what happens in summer when people go southport and there is heavy traffic up that end causeing the buses to be delayed as ive been up there on loan doing the 375/385 and waited for them coming in anything upto half hour late so think people in skem would like service that would be even more delayed in the summer periods as at least they have an option with the 395 due to it not hitting southport.
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - Vbg111v - 23/12/2012 23:05
Are route timings the issue here? The 300 is certainly badly planned. It's impossible for that service to keep to time. So many drivers hate the 300 for that very reason.
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - motormayhem - 23/12/2012 23:17
Its the route they take as the amount of traffic is bad sometimes as the route tends to get used as a rat run to get onto the motorway and when the motorway closes its even worse.
Another problem as always been saddle junction and the interworking of the 352/395 due to having to do that one stretch of road 4 times in the one gull round trip.
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - M60lad - 24/12/2012 10:16
Out of interest does anyone know what or where the problems with the timings are on 300 route as most of the route is out in the countryside I can see it losing time there, the only place I can see it losing time is between Switch Island and Copy Lane exactly the same places where I think 311 loses time as well.
RE: Arriva North West - Southport Depot - MPTE1955 - 24/12/2012 10:21
You would say timings on the 300 could be lost more between Switch Island and Orrell Park depending on the time of day as the Walton Vale area can be a nightmare at times.