Arriva North West - Winsford Depot

[Rick Hunter]

RE: Arriva North West - Winsford Depot
I'm not aware of depots bidding against each other for routes but routes do get moved between depots for various reasons. the 395 ended up at St Helens when Skelmersdale closed. Bolton would likely be more viable to operate it as they are on a considerably less rate of pay than St Helens. I would guess depot capacity may have played a part.

(29/07/2021 10:35)knutstransport Wrote:  Others have previously claimed that Arriva depots have to bid against each other for routes, so even if Wigan to Ormskirk appeared to be best placed with the Bolton depot, if St Helens proposed a way of running it for a lower cost than Bolton then St Helens would get the route.