http://dartslf.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Merseyside Dennis Dart Website - Forum : Last 10 Posts Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:58:15 +0000 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.63 30 dartslf.com/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://dartslf.com/forum/ http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2430&PID=112782#112782 Author: 4403
Subject: Wirral Bus & Tram Show 2010
Posted: 08/09/2010 at 01:15

Great news, I've compiled the list for the Wirral Bus & Tram Show 2010 excursions.

10.30 B926 KWM Leyland Atlantean / Alexander 37 West Kirby Station
11.00 FHF 451 Leyland Atlantean / MCW 1 New Brighton Kings Parade
11.30 EFG 37 Bristol Lodekka F7 Mill Park Estate
12.00 RCM 943 Leyland Leopard / Massey 44 Eastham Ferry
13.00 UFM 52F Bristol RE / ECW F7 Mill Park Estate
13.30 FBG 910 Leyland Titan PD2 / Massey 10 New Brighton Kings Parade
14.00 WTU 487W Bristol VRT F7 Mill Park Estate
14.30 GCM 152E Leyland Titan PD2 / Massey 77 Moreton Shore
15.00 WTU 487W Bristol VRT 77 Heswall Bus Station

All of the above services are subject to change and avalibility on the day!]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:22 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2430&PID=112782#112782 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2602&PID=112781#112781 Author: 508110
Subject: MTT Running Day 2010
Posted: 08/09/2010 at 00:33

I was told it is a 32 and will be run with 3008]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:33:33 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2602&PID=112781#112781 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2616&PID=112780#112780 Author: 4403
Subject: MERSEYRIDER ROUTES TOUR
Posted: 08/09/2010 at 00:00

Shall be a good one to go on ]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:54 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2616&PID=112780#112780 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53&PID=112779#112779 Author: 0270mtl
Subject: Arriva Birkenhead
Posted: 07/09/2010 at 23:59

A double decker on a bus for a handful of people , that makes good use of resources doesnt it ]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:59:42 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53&PID=112779#112779 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2452&PID=112778#112778 Author: Y457KBU
Subject: STICKY :- Unusual Sightings Thread Mk.5
Posted: 07/09/2010 at 23:51

2641 on the 487 this evening. ]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:51:39 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2452&PID=112778#112778 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2616&PID=112777#112777 Author: 4111
Subject: MERSEYRIDER ROUTES TOUR
Posted: 07/09/2010 at 23:31

gotta be included somewhere after the great reception last time]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:31:31 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2616&PID=112777#112777 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2618&PID=112776#112776 Author: dvfmliv
Subject: Waterloo Interchange
Posted: 07/09/2010 at 22:58

I grew up in Crosby, and grew up with the Waterloo Interchange.

The plan was quite simple. To withdraw what MPTE saw as an over-supply of buses in the Crosby area by timing existing (and some new) services to meet with the trains for Liverpool at a purpose-built roundabout adjacent to Waterloo railway station.

It may have helped MPTE on a financial basis as an exercise in cost-cutting, this was 1977, but for the ordinary traveller it was a logistical nightmare, particularly if you lived in the east of Crosby, Waterloo and Thornton in general.

Whereas, in the past, buses had travelled direct between these suburbs towards Bootle and the city centre, now they did a diversion from the main A565, up South Road, around the bus terminus, and back down South Road, onto the main drag to continue their respective journeys. Even when it was quiet, this diversion put another 5 minutes on a journey. During peak hours, the horrendous traffic around the Interchange could easily add 15 minutes to a working.

Oddly, if you used the L3 for example, your journey was unchanged because this service passed Waterloo station already.

At deregulation, the Interchange was abandoned by both North Western and Merseybus, and buses ran directly between Crosby and the city centre again. Old habits died hard though. I was on a 351 Ormskirk bus on the first day of the new regime, and the driver STILL turned up South Road - almost unthinking.

The Waterloo Interchange is important in local transport history because it showed MPTE at work - probably THE example of the bus-to-rail policy they tried to shape. The Kirkby station interchange was much the same.

Buses still used the Interchange as a terminus, notably the 103 Waterloo-Aigburth Vale peak-time route (a de-reg extension of the old dock route 1) and tendered services 133 and 151. The land is still owned by Merseytravel, but probably sees more action nowadays as an unofficial taxi rank than anything else.]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:58:51 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2618&PID=112776#112776 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=66&PID=112775#112775 Author: dvfmliv
Subject: X2 Liverpool - Preston
Posted: 07/09/2010 at 22:38

The X27/X37/727 didn't stop along Linacre Road though, it was limited-stop between Skelhorne Street and Southport. I think it may have stopped Seaforth and Litherland station (following the L3 and 284 to Waterloo), but might have taken the Princess Way by-pass (as the current X2), can't remember?


Edited by dvfmliv - Yesterday at 22:39]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:38:34 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=66&PID=112775#112775 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=188&PID=112774#112774 Author: JamieR
Subject: Arriva Green Lane
Posted: 07/09/2010 at 22:26

2024 was truly awful, the vibrations when it was stationary were something else. Still though, I bet it finds another owner!]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:26:43 +0000 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=188&PID=112774#112774 http://dartslf.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=188&PID=112773#112773 Author: Pulsar2
Subject: Arriva Green Lane
Posted: 07/09/2010 at 22:09

An update on 2024 - it's well and truly buggered as it has been SORNed.

The vehicle details for N124 DWM are:

Date of Liability     01 07 2011
Date of First Registration     12 04 1996
Year of Manufacture     1996
Cylinder Capacity (cc)     Not Available
CO2 Emissions     Not Available
Fuel Type     Heavy Oil
Export Marker     Not Applicable
Vehicle Status     SORN Not Due
Vehicle Colour     BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval     
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle     
6 Months Rate     £181.50
12 Months Rate     £330.00

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