Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(31/01/2019 10:41)wirralbus Wrote:  During the cold weather its probably a case of taking the next vehicle in line in the depot if the original vehicle fails , hence why in this weather you can get some really odd allocations.

Allocations have been mixed the past week or 2 because the guy who normally does allocations has been away, can usually tell if somebody else is allocating as the 487 is Streetlite free!

(29/01/2019 13:43)iMarkeh Wrote:  Why did Arriva get Streetlites for the 487 instead of Pulsars given they are non standard in this area?

They were introduced as the 487 had the highest number of collisions over other routes, and it was hoped by pulling the big Pulsars off the route would reduce the incidents on the narrower roads, mainly around Little Neston and Burton road toward Ness. It worked, the numbers dropped.