Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

[John I]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(18/12/2015 23:52)copey Wrote:  Upcoming fleet changes are as follows
2625 and 2626 have arrived with I believe 2623 to follow.
3 DB300 Wright Geminis coming from Speke on Sunday 20/12/15 possibly 4476 - 4478 tbc.
Buses removed from fleet are 2267, 2272, 2447.
Buses to be removed are 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2515, 2516, 4216.
The Wright Geminis are to be allocated to the 84 Chesters with the Commanders going on to the 84 shorts.
4215 will probably be a substitute for the other Geminis. This is the current plan but now doubt that the b7's will also feature as substitutes.
Could be an interesting time coming up with Routemaster going on the route also along with D&G on the shorts.

2623 still operating from Wythenshawe today on route 263.

[copey]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
4476 and 4478 made their debuts on the 84 this morning with 4477 being pushed out on the 8's as a substitute.
2625 and 2626 are unfortunately broken already with 2626 being abandoned since friday outside the depot unable to start and 2625 having gearbox problems.
2500 is supposed to be going to Runcorn this week.
2616 will be off for a while as it dramatically failed this morning on the 29A with a thrown piston.

[copey]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
2623 was picked up from Wythenshawe and arrived at Winsford depot this morning.

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
T11BLU (891) still out in Northwich, presume this be finished with soon? Due to its age?

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Its orignial reg was MF51 TVV so got a while yet

[Quackdave]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
It always struck me as crazy that Blue Bus went out of their way to make these Darts appear two and a half years older than they actually are!

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(06/01/2016 19:22)Quackdave Wrote:  It always struck me as crazy that Blue Bus went out of their way to make these Darts appear two and a half years older than they actually are!

There was other MPDs that had these reg plate before the current ones gained them, these ones where Sold of before Blue Bus was sold to Arriva

[Quackdave]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

(06/01/2016 20:04)T42 PVM Wrote:  There was other MPDs that had these reg plate before the current ones gained them, these ones where Sold of before Blue Bus was sold to Arriva

True, but if they wanted to keep the registrations, they could have transferred them onto their two genuine T-registered vehicles (T222 MTB and T42 PVM), rather than onto 51-reg Darts, so as not to increase the perceived average age of the fleet.

[Metroline1511]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
With extra Geminis drafted in for route 84, and one of the Sapphire Geminis for route 38 maybe still off the road, I am concerned that it might be harder than usual to locate a Sapphire Gemini on route 38.

[33109]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
Copey I'm guessing macc have a couple of solos off the road atm. In the past wk we've had 2609 & 2611 on loan to us along with 4104 last wk.

Also what's replacing the cadets????