Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

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(15/02/2016 03:11)SLTRegular Wrote:  Heading to Langtree on Friday for the Roosters game (i'm in the Roosters end) can anyone advise if i can walk to the ground or if theres a Arriva service that goes from The bus station there?? i need to be home on the last 352 as have the Broncos and Cowboys games as well this weekend (Hope Sh can use the Enviros on Friday and Saturday for Lates for these Fixtures?? which they seem to be doing on lately)

Irony being the last time i went to watch the Roosters i caught a direct 352 from my local Shopping centre but this was the 352 in Sydney lol

I have a Season Ticket for Saints, & it can be just as quick to walk which takes 10-15 minutes from the town centre to the stadium, if there's a big crowd which they're will be, Peasley Cross Lane is closed from about 10 minutes before the final hooter until 15-20 minutes afterwards, basically there are 2 ways to get from the bus station to the stadium first, walk to the end of the bus station turn right & walk down Hall Street to the bottom & follow the road around to Church Street to the roundabout then 1st option

When at the roundabout go to the far road Charlon Way East, turn right & follow the railway line until you reach the Glass Museum, then turn left onto Sailsbury Street under the railway & follow the road don't turn off until you reach the end of the road it then becomes a pedestrian walkway over the Canal then on to the Steve Prescott Bridge once on the Bridge you should see Tescos but walk around Tescos past the store entrance turn left you should see the stadium in front of you, then walk to the other end East stand

option 2 which is the quicker way, from the Church Street roundabout keep going straight ahead onto Parr Street[don't turn into Shaw Street as you'llend up going back to where you came from] follow Parr Street to the next roundabout or KFC[i take a short cut through KFC to the Linkway as you need to cross over] Cross over the Linkway East then turn left to the roundabout, then first right down Peasley Cross Lane, then follow the lane under the rail bridge, & there's the stairs to the Stadium which bring you behind the East Stand, i use this route back to the station after games.


Either way will take 10-15 minutes

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(15/02/2016 11:44)motormayhem1 Wrote:  What time does the game finish?

Depends wether it's on TV or not, TV games can finish around 9.50-10pm with the stoppages for the video ref & longer half times, first game of the season last year against Catalan finished after 10pm, mainly due to the 1st half taking 70 minutes to complete in real time due to a couple of bad injuries, none TV games the game finishes around 9.40pm, Friday night it's on TV so expect it finishing around 10pm

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(02/02/2016 20:44)motormayhem1 Wrote:  2716 is finished and withdrawn

It isn't finished MM, just passed it on the 89!

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(15/02/2016 19:10)507022 Wrote:  It isn't finished MM, just passed it on the 89!

I can only gather its been reinstated as it had the ops disc , ticket machine tray etc removed and fitter told me that its been removed from service so im assuming its been put back on the road due to shortages.

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Just when you thought it was safe, eh? It really is a shocker of a bus, that 2716.

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Thanks for the Advice people i'll walk it it is televised both here on Scummy Sky and in Australia on the 9 network probably on Gem as are the two other games i'm attending this weekend

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Yet 2703 is still showing up as SORN on the DVLA Website..

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(16/02/2016 01:12)T42 PVM Wrote:  Yet 2703 is still showing up as SORN on the DVLA Website..

Can't St. Helens rent some buses? It has been done before as KM51 BFY was on loan from Dawsons seen here on the link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ir43b7YNT_A/Tn.../51407.JPG

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(16/02/2016 12:43)RedPanda Wrote:  Can't St. Helens rent some buses? It has been done before as KM51 BFY was on loan from Dawsons seen here on the link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ir43b7YNT_A/Tn.../51407.JPG

Think this was when they were evaluating new vehicles as at the same time I remember they also had a Streetlite and an Enviro 200.

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The rentals from Dawsons were to cover for Pulsars which were sent to Malta when Arriva launched their services out there.

A company like Arriva has no need to rent vehicles generally because putting buses which have been 'withdrawn' back into service is obviously not an issue and if needs be, loans can be arranged from other garages.