Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

(21/08/2013 21:50)507009 Wrote:  

(21/08/2013 21:36)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Nice update MM, fair few darts hanging around awaiting their call from pvs. I'm surprised 4082 hasn't been allocated somewhere as that was one of Bootles best DLA's.

4082 should be a DDA compliant one so may be destined for open top conversion; I believe 4073 is the first to undergo this work. There was talk of 4094 leaving Southport for the same reason.

4082 is a much better bus than 4094, so maybe it is there for open topper work, I suppose we will see, could also be there getting a little bit of work before becoming a bus St Helens use for schools.

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

(21/08/2013 21:51)motormayhem Wrote:  4082 maybe just here for maintinance as its untouched so could still see service,not to sure about 2673 but could possibally of.

Thanks mm.

[SK15 GZG (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
Cheers motormayhem!

I can agree on 4082 - an excellent DLA which is one of my favourites along with 4061 and 4099 - having ridden it regularly when I lived on Merseyside

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RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

(21/08/2013 21:56)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Could also be there getting a little bit of work before becoming a bus St Helens use for schools.

That seems unlikely as St Helens have just taken a DLA from Wythenshawe for that purpose. As they're only for school work at St Helens, they will probably receive non-DDA compliant examples. The ones that were refurbished at Bootle are the DDA compliant examples and there aren't that many as far as I know.

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

(21/08/2013 22:35)507009 Wrote:  

(21/08/2013 21:56)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Could also be there getting a little bit of work before becoming a bus St Helens use for schools.

That seems unlikely as St Helens have just taken a DLA from Wythenshawe for that purpose. As they're only for school work at St Helens, they will probably receive non-DDA compliant examples. The ones that were refurbished at Bootle are the DDA compliant examples and there aren't that many as far as I know.

We will just have to wait and see won't we, for all we know 4082 could be knackered and not stripped yet. There was a dla hanging aropund in Bootle depot for a while after the rest of the DLA's had gone, wonder if it was that one.

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
St helens are getting 2 deckers for the schools and only one dla ad arrived so anything is possible.

[M113 YKC]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

(22/08/2013 06:55)MPTE1955 Wrote:  

(21/08/2013 22:35)507009 Wrote:  

(21/08/2013 21:56)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Could also be there getting a little bit of work before becoming a bus St Helens use for schools.

That seems unlikely as St Helens have just taken a DLA from Wythenshawe for that purpose. As they're only for school work at St Helens, they will probably receive non-DDA compliant examples. The ones that were refurbished at Bootle are the DDA compliant examples and there aren't that many as far as I know.

We will just have to wait and see won't we, for all we know 4082 could be knackered and not stripped yet. There was a dla hanging aropund in Bootle depot for a while after the rest of the DLA's had gone, wonder if it was that one.

That "DLA" hung around until the end of the school year as Bootle were still operating school service 781.

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
Arriva london DLP 76 As now turned.

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
2799 is round the back and work is underway on the single door conversion of VLW28.

[YN05 WKE]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
2799...J999 ABW wounder why?

and LJ51 DHF bit unexpected presume 4506? wounder if Birkenhead will gain this one as well