Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

[mbonwick]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
47016 possibly a typo for 47006?

Forgot to say before, but 47001-14 are all Solo M850s.

[Squire of the Gate]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Thur 06th Obs : Lancaster.........
10560 (Lakes Connection) on a 2 to Lancaster University
10561 (Lakes Connection) on a 2 to Higher Heysham
22607 on a 2A to Lancaster University

http://nextbustoarrive.blogspot.co.uk/

[enrag2000]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Service 685 (Carlisle-Newcastle) has been "relaunched" today as Cross Pennine. Running times have been increased to deal with the regular late running which this service has long struggled with and two sections of route are altered, both of which will save a bit of time. Journeys into Carlisle now run direct to Carlisle Bus Station via Victoria Place omitting Lowther Street and the route east of Haltwhistle has been amended to use the A69 direct to Melkridge omitting Whitchester (as already happens on Sundays).

Both Arriva and Stagecoach services are supposed to be with a common green livery and branding. Although Arriva have vehicles in the new branding, Stagecoach have not done it yet. One of the two allocated vehicles 27142 has been off the road awaiting repairs for several months and 27141 is still in standard livery, with the other board usually covered by a MAN (24120 today). Wifi is promised on the service but the 59-reg MANs are not fitted - the ex-East Scotland MANs are the only ones fitted and they do not have high-backed seats - another advertised feature. It is a pity that Stagecoach vehicles could not be branded before the launch even if it meant postponing it for a few weeks, perhaps to the end of the month when Hexham's new bus station is opened.

The new timetable gives extra wheel-turn time to the two Stagecoach boards which used to do only two trips each to Newcastle plus the 1807 Hexham turnround but now do three trips each to Newcastle - the hour-long layovers in Carlisle are no longer needed with the service being registered in three sections to comply with EU regs. With each bus being out 15 hours a day, a standard-liveried bus will appear frequently even if 27141/142 are eventually given the new branding.

[enrag2000]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
27142 has reentered service today in the Cross Pennine livery. Photo here (not mine):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stagecoachuk/31110626995

[bkp550]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Not sure why this site has fallen into disuse. It was always quite interesting.

[gka472l]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

(20/03/2017 19:12)bkp550 Wrote:  Not sure why this site has fallen into disuse. It was always quite interesting.

Interesting news on Steven Knight media, posted earlier today regarding route 599 http://www.stevenknightmedia.com/fleet-news-ramblings

HTH

[enrag2000]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Carlisle depot is losing 12 Solo SRs to East Scotland and in their place are collecting a number of cast-offs from other areas. The four 60-reg Enviro200s from East Scotlland (36195/6/8/9) are the best of the bunch (36199 is on service 61 today), the others are Darts down to 04-reg. Darts include 34688 previously at Carlisle until replaced by 14-reg Enviro200 and 34579 which was written off after the 2005 flood and subsequently put back on the road at Gillmoss; 34562/5/7 and 35690/1 from North East. The Solos leaving are 60-branded 47941-3, 76-branded 47954-7, rainbow-branded 47958-60 and standard livery 48001/2..

Two Carlisle city services (60 & 76) have frequency reductions next week with a reduced pvr and will in future be worked by Darts/Enviro200s to maintain capacity so two-year old Euro6 buses are being replaced by 13-year old wrecks. Doubt there will be one on display outside the Old Town Hall as with the Solos with the MD in attendance!

[pete tierney]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

(27/04/2017 14:20)enrag2000 Wrote:  Carlisle depot is losing 12 Solo SRs to East Scotland and in their place are collecting a number of cast-offs from other areas. The four 60-reg Enviro200s from East Scotlland (36195/6/8/9) are the best of the bunch (36199 is on service 61 today), the others are Darts down to 04-reg. Darts include 34688 previously at Carlisle until replaced by 14-reg Enviro200 and 34579 which was written off after the 2005 flood and subsequently put back on the road at Gillmoss; 34562/5/7 and 35690/1 from North East. The Solos leaving are 60-branded 37941-3, 76-branded 37954-7, rainbow-branded 37958-60 and standard livery 38001/2..

Two Carlisle city services (60 & 76) have frequency reductions next week with a reduced pvr and will in future be worked by Darts/Enviro200s to maintain capacity so two-year old Euro6 buses are being replaced by 13-year old wrecks. Doubt there will be one on display outside the Old Town Hall as with the Solos with the MD in attendance!

I'm sure its only a typo, but should the Solo's be 47xxx etc.

[enrag2000]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

(27/04/2017 15:11)pete tierney Wrote:  I'm sure its only a typo, but should the Solo's be 47xxx etc.

Thanks PT, have corrected the original. Must be all the distress!

[pete tierney]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

(27/04/2017 18:01)enrag2000 Wrote:  Thanks PT, have corrected the original. Must be all the distress!

I'm not surprised, a good fleet decimated.