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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    487 to neston crosses into Cheshire just after Thornton hough
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    I suspect they will go Speke
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    Well I’ve just found out looks like hybrid deckers at laird street ain’t going for scrap after all, there currently being fitted with hearing loop system at same time as streetlite . So looks like they will be transferring to another depot
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    109 enviro 200 are on order for this year for LCR confirmed by AD on Facebook press post
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    Possibly stagecoach are not getting full new fleet to replace all of there fleet so are moving buses from gilmoss with it getting electric buses
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    Well that’s the big question as all the drivers have been told at Wirral is we will be getting single deckers and minibuses which is what I suspect if is that photo
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    They are shorter than the current ones that Arriva ordered I can tell that from the picture
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    That if it goes to plan we will see on the day
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    HTL won school contract for Wirral, I’m not sure if it includes St Helens too
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    Laird street has no electric points fitted or due to be fitted before the franchise date
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    Enviro 200 can be from 8.9m
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    W We are getting ADL single deckers and Minibuses and no numbers on any of the fleet amounts
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    I’ll go check the notice when I get back depot see if it says further details
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    Wirral are getting wright diesel variant. ADL single deckers and minibus, due to appear for training late summer posted in our staff room from recent meeting with our union reps. No amounts given
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    it going to be an interesting 6 months, which as a driver at laird street it going to be interesting to see
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    well the information LCR have published for buses says different. the amount they asked for orders isn't enough for brand new fleets
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    41/42 can have double deckers on as I’ve seen them on there quite regularly. I think the current amount at laird street is around 75-80 vehicles currently so your looking an extra 40-50 vehicles
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    Currently 46 deckers at laird street so in theory yes, but then you have to add stagecoach pvr to our it be over 100 buses need for laird street it going to be a big uplift from current amount
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    i've a hunch it will be all the stagecoach buses being painted into metro
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    most routes operated by arriva can have deckers on. 487 only one that can't have them due to bridge heights in neston. most of stagecoaches also can have deckers. so the depot shouldn't be a lot of single deckers. so the questions is if wirral is only getting 50 deckers that won't cover all...

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