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RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - CX54 DKD - 30/08/2012 18:14

I agree MPTE. I just think that, knowing how the media can hype up a story, it's something we should be mindful of!


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - buses7675 - 30/08/2012 18:37

With that in mind, probably best we keep away from discussion of this issue on the forum as none of us quite know either side of the story properly and it isn't 'bus enthusiasm' as such.


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - CX06 EBK - 02/09/2012 17:56

4127 has an overall advertisement for Vodafone and most of the internal adverts are also for Vodafone. 4113 is another refurbished and repainted B7TL also.


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - Raawwwrrr! - 02/09/2012 20:23

2594 was another recently refurbished fully


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - M113 YKC - 03/09/2012 19:13

Palatine 2 R332 WVR (3332) was on the 81/81A today:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael27701s-photos/7923377030/in/photostream/


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - Irishbus - 03/09/2012 19:20

Saw B7TL 4120 at John Lennon Airport last Friday afternoon at around 16.15 with a front nearside flat tyre and a spare wheel beside it but, no driver or fitters near the bus it just looked abandoned


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - R311 WVR - 08/09/2012 18:49

4125 has been on 501 all day. gem 4478 joined it in the afternoon makink it full decker ran.


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - 507022 - 08/09/2012 22:01

Palatine 3313 was on the 75 yesterday afternoon


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - Neoplan N4009 - 09/09/2012 00:27

4110 is another B7TL to have been given its P&P treatment , it was on the 79 earlier today but mysteriously went out of service after 2:30ish , possibly a driver swap resulting in the bus being brought back to depot perhaps


RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot - H101GEV - 09/09/2012 21:30

Had a ride on my first refurbished B7TL today in the form of 4113 and I can't praise it enough - absolutely outstanding throughout. They've done a stunning job with the interior, repainting and renewing where appropriate the seat backs and panels, and of course, blue blocks moquette. It looked as good as new, in fact arguably even better than when the B7s were new as the moquette and new seat back colour are an improvement over what was there before. The ride was, as usual from the ANW decker kings, exemplary.

The P&P programme has been instrumental in radically improving the interiors of a number of bus types now - X-reg Cadets, DAF DB250s and bench seated Darts in particular - but these are the best yet for me. I don't think the B7s looked too bad inside before refurb, especially considering 6 years of extremely intense use, but this is a clear step forward.