[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(22/02/2013 17:34)wirralbus Wrote:  

(22/02/2013 16:41)R557 ABA Wrote:  

(22/02/2013 16:13)N271CKB Wrote:  Things were quite cramped to say the least ok the 472 this afternoon where 2435 made an appearance.
People were left behind in Birkenhead bus stn and outside the asda.

That happens frequently on the 471/472, I was on Stagecoach YN04 GNU on it last week, came in from Liverpool with a good standing load, I was lucky enough to get on it whilst the 10 or so passengers behind me at Birkenhead Bus Station couldn't get on, there where people standing all the way from the back to the front doors making boarding and alighting difficult for people hence it never stopped to pick passengers up until it got to Arrowe Park Hispital but people where alighting at nearly every stop though.

This needs deckers and to be honest the the arriva section needs to be split from the 407, so the deckers arent swanning up to moreton when the Heswall service sounds like it needs to be deckers contrary to certain elements of this forum saying it doesnt .

I had a Stagecoach Scania on the 472 mid-afternoon last saturday- most seats full for most of the journey. A peak journey would have definitely meant folks left behind. I get the Arriva thing is only temporary, but the Stagecoach mis-allocations seem to be a permanent feature inherited from First. I guess you can change the name on the depot and buses but it may take a little longer to change the culture and operations.