Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
4207 was again helping to hoover up the crowds on the 10A today, but there was no sign of 4206.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
4206 was out on the 10A most of the day as it tends to be booked out on the last 10A out the depot run out in the morning and 4207 came out at about 13:30.

[H101GEV (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Credit to St Helens for using the Eclipse Geminis on the 10 during the holidays. Despite 4207's flaws, it was still great to do an end-to-end 10A journey on it yesterday and see the route from a better perspective. To be fair, 4207 is certainly an improvement over the days when I used the 10 all the time, with a ragbag collection of knackered B10Bs, Ultralows, Paladins and Flytes making up the regular allocation!

Now we just hope the rumours become reality and new deckers do indeed arrive next year. With deckers expected to arrive at Green Lane as well in 2015, it could be an impressive year for Arriva in terms of investment.

[St Helens Rider]

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(04/04/2014 16:51)motormayhem1 Wrote:  Been told today that the tram thats parked up in st helens depot will be getting moved next friday but unsure where its going.

I think this may be the tram that was at Jackson Street - now in Preston:

In Pictures: Trampower tram in Preston

http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=7248

Credit: British Trams Online.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Yeah thats the one st helens rider.

[St Helens Rider]

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Cheers MM - thought it was.

[St Helens Rider]

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2269 just leaving St Helens on 10A.

[Scania1996]

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4207, 2711, 2491 and 2495 all on 10As today

[M113 YKC]

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There was a Solo SR (715, if I remember correctly) on the 312 today!

[SL64 JFK]

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2977 has turned in to a bit of a shed. It rattles violently at the back at a standstill, also the gearbox is so indecisive it's unreal - it seems to hunt around for gears, and is all too willing to drop a gear for no reason with a large lunge and a lot of noise, it definitely needs seeing to because it's certainly not right.