Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
well its the only daf cadet to stay on on 356 lates under my mates belt as others we had so far struggle up crank hill to much

[sth77]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(13/07/2013 08:53)bolton bus basher Wrote:  

(13/07/2013 08:50)RSTurbo50 Wrote:  Isn't it down to the inspectors what bus will be on any given route? I'm assuming what buses will be allocated to what service would have been done the day before and I would have thought a driver would have no say on the bus he wants?

what is it mate is 9 out of 10 times the 356 gets a daf cadet or a wright cadet but sometimes like last night we got 2269, an ALX200 body dart, if you dont want the bus and your on a late you can just take the bus down to the depot and theres normally about 4 pulsar/pulsar 2's sat at the front you can just jump in and take

my mate is a fan of the darts so as long as its a good dart you will notice it will not get swapped :P

I would not think that you could just go into the depot and change a bus without the desk knowing/giving permission. As far as I am aware you need to give a reason why you want a change of vehicle and don't forget those buses in already in the depot will be being prepared for the following day.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
i think he just tells someone he brings it in, you get it a lot running buses in on lates just down to the fact its old, 2729 being an example last night, should of been on 89 lates but driver wanted a new bus so he just took it back

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
So long as the desk man knows your running your bus down then they dont have problem with it as long as you dont lose mileage and have time to swap it as ive done it myself on quite a few occasions.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
2800 has just been ran in by a fitter looking like its picked up a little fault.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(13/07/2013 15:45)bolton bus basher Wrote:  2800 has just been ran in by a fitter looking like its picked up a little fault.

It was on the 31's this morning.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
was on there yesterday as well, fingers crossed its back out tomoz

[R311 WVR]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
2495 On Laird Street 117 route today, 2494 on the Rail's, photo's to follow

[R311 WVR]

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/87093826@N02/9279632854/ Photo of 2495 on loan to Birkenhead

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Seemed to be a mixture today on Rails. 2495 as mentioned, Enviro 400's from Bootle, Gemini's from Speke and Birkenhead's own Hybrid's