Arriva - Unusual Workings

[Nathan4775]

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3701 and 3702 (route 1 branded commander) - Out on cannock 33

[Bob]

I wondered where they were there were the two new unbranded pulsar and 3705/7 on the one. I wonder if allocation will be as bad as that if and when its upgraded to sapphire lol

[iamwilljh92]

Arriva's excuse would probably be "to cover for other buses". If these were MaxCi's, then that's fine, cos they're low floor (but how they sold 12 of them and thousands of Europeans I do not know).

Yeah but thats all very well the N*** PUT  Scania's should of been withdrawn 6 / 7 years ago as they are not DDA or "old people" compliant

[arrivadays]

I think the dead line is either 2014/2015.

[derningtona]

Unusually these days, 4200 was on Tamworth local 4/5/7 this afternoon.

[arrivaaston]

Hey!! Never put a good bus to rest :-) ;-) 3468 is a beast!!! If the old people don't like it then they can wait for the next lol

[arrivadays]

Unless it's the Tesco Shuttle (with only 1 bus running on it) ;)

I do like 3468 - absolutely fantastic. It would make everyone happier if it was a MaxCi, though. Low floor, and the same power and engine. Fun for the whole family!

It still baffles me how only 12 MaxCis were made, yet people preferred to buy hundreds of the step-entrance Europeans... Not saying it's bad, just don't really get it :/

[arrivaaston]

Route 1 branded commander 3702 is today on 2's, pulsar2 3761 today on 74/75

[andy]

Hey!! Never put a good bus to rest :-) ;-) 3468 is a beast!!! If the old people don't like it then they can wait for the next lol

Cracking bus.  3470 was even better but the floor was dodgy and they didn't fancy replacing it. They sent us 3468 instead, really solid buses. If it wasn't for the law change I reckon they would have been overhauled and would all still be going.

[iamwilljh92]

Hey!! Never put a good bus to rest :-) ;-) 3468 is a beast!!! If the old people don't like it then they can wait for the next lol

Cracking bus.  3470 was even better but the floor was dodgy and they didn't fancy replacing it. They sent us 3468 instead, really solid buses. If it wasn't for the law change I reckon they would have been overhauled and would all still be going.

I was on 3489 (N429 XRC) yesterday from Wolverhampton back to Bridgnorth and bloody hell what a tank and bone shaker that is!!

[andy]

Hey!! Never put a good bus to rest :-) ;-) 3468 is a beast!!! If the old people don't like it then they can wait for the next lol

Cracking bus.  3470 was even better but the floor was dodgy and they didn't fancy replacing it. They sent us 3468 instead, really solid buses. If it wasn't for the law change I reckon they would have been overhauled and would all still be going.

I was on 3489 (N429 XRC) yesterday from Wolverhampton back to Bridgnorth and bloody hell what a tank and bone shaker that is!!

Only ever drove 3491 from that batch. Even though they were exactly the same buses I think that batch must have had a harder life as they didn't seem as smooth. The N-PUT's spent most of their life pottering about the Derbyshire villages which might explain it.

[arrivadays]

Hey!! Never put a good bus to rest :-) ;-) 3468 is a beast!!! If the old people don't like it then they can wait for the next lol

Cracking bus.  3470 was even better but the floor was dodgy and they didn't fancy replacing it. They sent us 3468 instead, really solid buses. If it wasn't for the law change I reckon they would have been overhauled and would all still be going.

So we could have possibly been given 3470? How come they brought 3468 back from the dead anyway?

[arrivadays]

Unusual workings in Telford:

2727 on 44
2737 on X5
3718 on 44
Wright Pulsar 2 on 11/22

[John]

Tamworth Gemini 4201 on the 116. Personally, I have not seen one on there before

[arrivaaston]

Yesterday in Cannock, 2209 SN03LGC on 74/75, 2264 Y264YBC on 1, 3728 YJ57BUE on 60/825 and 3729 YJ57BPZ on 60/825