2024 Cascade

[North West Bus Spotter]

RE: 2024 Cascade

(04/01/2024 08:25)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  The 15 year and 364 days rule will come into effect just as and after franchising starts in their first area, and if the LCR follow the TFGM example, there is no automatic right for Arriva to operate the majority of LCR services, so they might not actually need any buses theoretically if the business shrinks in size.

The remaining 58’ plate (29xx) Pulsars and (44xx) Enviros have until Jan 2025
The first and largely departed 09’ Pulsar 2’s (2935-2940) until Mar/Apr 2025
The next batch (2941-2953) May/June 25
The next batch (2954-2983) and what remains of the 09’ Enviros (4423-4434) July/Aug 25.

Bear in mind that during this time I believe Wythenshawe depot will close and will likely see the 12 plate and 59 plate transfer over. I’d expect to see a small vehicle order, and a large number of cast-off’s

Well, considering we've already lost some of the 26** examples over at St Helens to Yorkshire for YJ62s and the loss of the 09 44**s to Leicester, there won't be need for new vehicles to replace them as we already have 62s and 64s coming in respectively

As for the mentioned possible Wythenshawe closure, I can see that possibly happening early-mid time this year with the Bee Network taking the depot, the 59s would probably move to depots like Runcorn and Birkenhead with the 12s being spread across the Merseyside network with a few possibly ending up in Runcorn with sisters 3136, 37, 38 and 40 but I guess time will tell if this actually happens