Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(13/12/2020 15:42)iMarkeh Wrote:  What currently happens at Woodside then currently? I would have thought allocations would have been done in the depot? As for breaks, I take it basically drivers shuttle to Woodside but post April, drivers will grab a car and will go to the routes chageover instead with all breaks in the depot? Due to the closure, are there any expected changes to services to reduce the amount of shunt vehicles?

Thanks in advance.

Allocations office as in duty allocation - its where the chap who does all the shifts and holidays etc works- he is also working the Woodside desk so to speak, ie checking those due to book on there are there etc.

Woodside is a base where a number of duties book on and book off there. Drivers who are on a shift on either the 409,410,411,413,414,464,487 will either report to or sign off at Woodside as well as take their meal break there. All reliefs at Woodside are done in either the bus park or woodside bus station with the exception of the 464/487 who shunt in a van to Hamilton St.

It is a pain at the moment as there are no shifts that book on and finish at woodside, but rather you sign on at laird st in the morning and take the bus out then finish at woodside, or you may book on at woodside in the afternoon and run the bus into Laird St at the end of the day, so you have to work out where to park your car -if you have time to take it to laird st or vice versa on your break etc.

Worth mentioning woodside canteen isn't open weekends , and didn't open during the lockdown period so proved it could be avoided successfully.

As far as I know no service changes, I assume all 410s will have the driver change on Duke St instead.