Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

[mathias]

RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
Bootle's sole 64-plate E40D/Enviro400 decker becomes road-legal from tomorrow (Sun 1st Feb) as its taxed until the end of January 2016.
From the GOV.UK website....

4621 (SL64 JHX) NEW 01-02-2015, TAX 01-02-2016, 6996ccDIESEL, TURQUOISE

Needless to say, all of the new St Helens deckers are similarly taxed as they make their debut tomorrow morning.
Looks like Bootle will save the rest of their new stock for the forthcoming 15-plate in March (a 15-plate will obviously be worth more on the used market than a 64-plate come resale time), but I reckon they might as well put 4621 in service from tomorrow.

After all, with 24 Enviro400s in service already at Bootle (12 '09 plates and 12 ex-Wirral examples), it's not as if the drivers need type-training on the new one is it?