Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

[motormayhem1]

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(06/08/2016 09:48)MX12 KVM Wrote:  Does anyone know if Runcorns 3136 is here? It's been missing from there for quite a while now. I know it was involved in an accident a couple of months ago?

Yeah its at the bodayshop with quite sustainable damage from what i seen of it and is under repair as theres a few pulsars in there getting repaired along with an interurban painted commander with extensive damage to the front end.

[MX12 KVM]

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(06/08/2016 10:26)motormayhem1 Wrote:  Yeah its at the bodayshop with quite sustainable damage from what i seen of it and is under repair as theres a few pulsars in there getting repaired along with an interurban painted commander with extensive damage to the front end.

Thanks for that MM.

[motormayhem1]

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(06/08/2016 10:55)MX12 KVM Wrote:  Thanks for that MM.

Anytime MX12 KVM

[Metroline1511]

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(31/07/2016 19:55)507009 Wrote:  If memory serves, posts elsewhere suggest that the MAX specification has been abandoned completely. If Sapphire continues, and given its apparent success you'd expect it to, surely the 47 can't continue to be ignored when it's the perfect candidate?

I have heard Arriva standard spec on new buses being described as MAX-lite. So, maybe MAX will only be used on routes whose buses are refurbished.

(01/08/2016 17:15)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  Go back even further and it was half-hourly 284's and a two-hourly X59

I miss the 284 and was puzzled as to why it was renumbered.

[motormayhem1]

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The 284 was a great route as thats the route i loved doing the most when at GTL aintree depot especially on a sunday when we got decent drop backs in southport by the monument.

[Metroline1511]

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(06/08/2016 22:04)motormayhem1 Wrote:  The 284 was a great route as thats the route i loved doing the most when at GTL aintree depot especially on a sunday when we got decent drop backs in southport by the monument.

The first time I came to Merseyside was in 1991. IIRC it was on the Monday when I went to Southport. I went up by train but was pleased to see the MerseyBus route 284 heading back to Liverpool! From my then limited knowledge of the area, I expected a Liverpool - Southport route to be run by NBC successor North Western rather than the PTC.

[Barney]

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(07/08/2016 18:56)Metroline1511 Wrote:  The first time I came to Merseyside was in 1991. IIRC it was on the Monday when I went to Southport. I went up by train but was pleased to see the MerseyBus route 284 heading back to Liverpool! From my then limited knowledge of the area, I expected a Liverpool - Southport route to be run by NBC successor North Western rather than the PTC.

IIRC the 284 superseded the former Ribble S services to Southport prior to deregulation and were joint services with MPTE and Ribble. Immediately after deregulation North Western (previously Ribble) did run the 284 and 285 (to Freshfield) but at the time demand did not warrant a 15 minute frequency. I can't recall when NW withdrew but Merseybus (Southport depot) took over.

[St Helens Rider]

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(07/08/2016 18:56)Metroline1511 Wrote:  The first time I came to Merseyside was in 1991. IIRC it was on the Monday when I went to Southport. I went up by train but was pleased to see the MerseyBus route 284 heading back to Liverpool! From my then limited knowledge of the area, I expected a Liverpool - Southport route to be run by NBC successor North Western rather than the PTC.

After dereg it was a joint route between North Western and Merseybus terminating at Skelhorne Street (former Ribble/then North Western/National Express coach station). This didn't last long as North Western gave up their chunk of the service to instead team up with Crosville on the X8/X9 (Chester - Liverpool - Southport - banks).

[Raawwwrrr!]

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(06/08/2016 20:48)Metroline1511 Wrote:  I miss the 284 and was puzzled as to why it was renumbered.

To fit in with the 'simplified' network after arriva settled in following take over, the route crosses paths of routes 44/49. Route 47 also serves Ince Blundell where as the 284 never did.

Routes:
1-5 Former SMART services (Route 5 was also used on a short lived Liverpool to Rainhill via Huyton)
6 -10 East Prescot Road Corridor/Edge Lane services
11-19 East Liverpool services (via Tuebrook/Breck Road)
20-29 Sheil Road Circulars and former numbering of St Helens local routes.
(Also used on service 25: Southport Open Top Tour, 21:Stockbridge to Prescot Bus Station and Merseyline 20: City - Kirkby)
30-39 St Helens Local and Suburban Services
40-49 Southport Local Services
50-59 Sefton Services
60-69 Bootle to South Liverpool cross city services
70-79 South Liverpool Services (via Woolton and Childwall)
80-89 South Liverpool Services (Serving Speke)
90-99 Unused
1** Merseytravel Supported Services
2** Merseyravel Supported Services
3** Former Ribble and cross county services
4** Cross River and Wirral Services
6** Schools and 699 University Service
7** School Services
8** Industrial

[motormayhem1]

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(07/08/2016 20:47)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  To fit in with the 'simplified' network after arriva settled in following take over, the route crosses paths of routes 44/49. Route 47 also serves Ince Blundell where as the 284 never did.

Routes:
1-5 Former SMART services (Route 5 was also used on a short lived Liverpool to Rainhill via Huyton)
6 -10 East Prescot Road Corridor/Edge Lane services
11-19 East Liverpool services (via Tuebrook/Breck Road)
20-29 Sheil Road Circulars and former numbering of St Helens local routes.
(Also used on service 25: Southport Open Top Tour, 21:Stockbridge to Prescot Bus Station and Merseyline 20: City - Kirkby)
30-39 St Helens Local and Suburban Services
40-49 Southport Local Services
50-59 Sefton Services
60-69 Bootle to South Liverpool cross city services
70-79 South Liverpool Services (via Woolton and Childwall)
80-89 South Liverpool Services (Serving Speke)
90-99 Unused
1** Merseytravel Supported Services
2** Merseyravel Supported Services
3** Former Ribble and cross county services
4** Cross River and Wirral Services
6** Schools and 699 University Service
7** School Services
8** Industrial

St helens operated the 90 ST HELENS Via whiston hospital-prescot-huyton-pagemoss-knowsley village-southdean-KIRKBY CIVIC CENTRE.