Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor Depot

[cx04axy]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
No new buses for 53/56/57/58 - 3 optare solos with 1mpd
4 & 62- looking into upgrading route into sapphire unknown yet but looked into.
Other plans for other routes and possible routes been looked at but its ( wait and see)

Nothing actually concreate but in a few weeks time will know more

2657 few weeks ago.was sent to Llandudno to test few routes

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
Thanks CX04 - much appreciated

[cx04axy]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
Sapphire wright streetlights been looked into and possible Enviro400's. Streetlights been looked as first choice, and Enviro400 as 2nd. There is a slight debate looking to ugrade 4 and x4 and 62. To be complete by spring/summer 2015 one route will be sapphire but not sure which one. leaving a few pulsars spare to cover route 13 llandudno to prestatyn, when new buses arrive.

I suspect if its the 4/4a it will be streetlites
And 62 it will be Enviro400 deckers as the route is overcrowding in morning and afternoon evening services, using existing pulsars

[cx04axy]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
822 i gather will be back.on the road soon after been nearly a year and half off road. Its been.brought back.due.to.shortage of mpd's

[Depotosw]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
Interesting choice to return to service, I would have thought 827 would have been more suitable as been off for much less time, mind both minus engines when I last saw.

You do wonder if anything could have been pulled out of Wrexham, such as 868 in the pool fleet or even something like 832 that looked complete when I saw it recently.

(15/10/2014 13:46)cx04axy Wrote:  822 i gather will be back.on the road soon after been nearly a year and half off road. Its been.brought back.due.to.shortage of mpd's

[cx04axy]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
Engine out of 827 is been exchanged into 822 i believe as the body of.the vechlile is in a.lot better cond, its then going to be MOT'D back on road if.all.goes to plan

[Depotosw]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
Thanks for the info, 822 will certainly be a very interesting comeback into service.

(15/10/2014 15:31)cx04axy Wrote:  Engine out of 827 is been exchanged into 822 i believe as the body of.the vechlile is in a.lot better cond, its then going to be MOT'D back on road if.all.goes to plan

[LJ51 DDA]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
I highly doubt 0822 will re-enter Service with it being A W-reg considering they are fading of the V regs (except Ex London PDLs) and that X-reg will be gone in early 2015 (again with the exception of Ex London PDLs)

[cx04axy]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
We still have 2331 a brilliant bus, wait and see and that's T reg also Bangor do have a few w reg's going about. 822 was originally taken off the road. I'm very excited to see it. With a lot of deckers been put on the 4 and 62 and releasing cadets leaving Bangor short is costing the business a lot of money, so I suppose making use of what you got and coming out of a situation saving money is key. I'm not Arriva management nor an expert in logistics but its possible slight common sense

[BHA]

RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor
Are 4186 - 91 all at Bangor? I think I saw a photo of one at Rhyl.