Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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(03/09/2024 13:32)chris-s Wrote:  Another hydrogen bus departed the depot today back to ADL in Falkirk, just the 1 left to go. Looks like these won't bee seen again any time soon.

What's being done to them at ADL?

[chris-s]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Due to breakdowns and bus shortages, optare solo 710 made a appearance on the 89 today for a couple of trips.

[NathanR]

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Is there an update on the E400FCEVs please as they're probably due back soon as it was stated in July they were gonna be out of action for a minimum of four months.

[North West Bus Spotter]

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(28/10/2024 22:48)NathanR Wrote:  Is there an update on the E400FCEVs please as they're probably due back soon as it was stated in July they were gonna be out of action for a minimum of four months.

I've been told Arriva have sent them back for good, how true this is I don't know, but St Helens are also due 17 plate Enviro200 MMCs in the coming weeks

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
I have heard different, They are in Yorkshire having a lot spent on them before doing a number of test runs, If they dont fail on the test runs they will start to return and be put into service one at a time

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
The latest I heard on the hydrogens if this is correct are they have been sent back to have work done on the power train of the veichle to try and make it more reliable and should be returning one by one.
The batch off mmc200 from Luton are delayed a bit due to Luton awaiting there new veichles which are slightly delayed if what I heard was correct.

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RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(29/10/2024 01:12)North West Bus Spotter Wrote:  I've been told Arriva have sent them back for good, how true this is I don't know, but St Helens are also due 17 plate Enviro200 MMCs in the coming weeks

They don't belong to Arriva, they don't have any say in the matter

[MTL0201]

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I caught the 10, the 07.45 Liverpool to St Helens this morning, the bus was rammed by the time it got past Old Swan, most of the passengers got off at Carmel College, their is however a short 10S Liverpool-Prescot at 07.45 as well, think it may be worth extending that from Prescot to Carmel College or St Helens to ease the loadings from the 10

[Raawwwrrr!]

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(06/11/2024 21:57)MTL0201 Wrote:  I caught the 10, the 07.45 Liverpool to St Helens this morning, the bus was rammed by the time it got past Old Swan, most of the passengers got off at Carmel College, their is however a short 10S Liverpool-Prescot at 07.45 as well, think it may be worth extending that from Prescot to Carmel College or St Helens to ease the loadings from the 10

There wouldn’t be anywhere to turn the bus around until Alexandra Drive and by then you’d pretty much end up almost running an additional full 10. It would only be an additional 10 minutes to St Helens bus station, even less when it moves temporarily to Charlon Way

[MTL0201]

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(07/11/2024 19:44)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  There wouldn’t be anywhere to turn the bus around until Alexandra Drive and by then you’d pretty much end up almost running an additional full 10. It would only be an additional 10 minutes to St Helens bus station, even less when it moves temporarily to Charlon Way

Even so, it's still worth considering extending the 10S, so it eases the loadings from the 10, maybe operate the 10S, 5 minutes earlier too.