[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Lots of single deckers on the normally deckered Cross-River routes today, including 2416, 2428 and 2431 on the 407/472 and 2432 on the 464. Pulsar 3124 was on the 432/433/437, joined by no fewer than six DLAs in the form of 4096, 4097, 4099, 4141, 4143 and 4158. It's fair to say that there is no ban on these operating the 432 routes - on the contrary, they're the clear second choice behind Enviros.

Myllennium 2456 was on the 410, and my, what a heap of junk this is. Tatty outside, a total and utter mess inside and a pitiful rider. Severe idle, a crashy ride, squeaks across the body and a dismal turn of speed. A real shame they've bothered repairing this in my book as it is awful. The Pulsars the 410 has received are a huge improvement over these, and very sensible investment from Arriva there.

An odd day with at least three Enviros parked up out of service inside Birkenhead, two VLWs not in use, 4001 nowhere to be seen (surprise, surprise) and 4157 also resting as a spare. Neither 4025 nor 4076 have gone into traffic yet so that isn't helping matters. It does seem that 4402 and 4410 have left the depot for good, leaving just 4408 and 4409 in service of those destined for the Sapphire treatment.