Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(26/07/2012 18:28)SF07 Wrote:  Lots of Stagecoach buses in action for the Olympic shuttles from Piccadilly to Old Trafford. Spotted 16509, 19078, 19079, 19120, 19289, 19450, 19507 and 19529.

Also, 19258 had a little problem this morning, as it was parked up at Oldham bus station for around an hour while an engineer worked on it.

I went to the match at Old Trafford. The buses were really out in force and had their work cut out as it was so busy. I actually went on 19258 to get to the match from Piccadilly so the problem must have been sorted. There seemed to be a lot more buses from Newcastle on the road than the 7 Manchester already had. I don't know if Manchester have loaned some more, or if they were just visiting to help out for the day.
Magic buses were out as well as Hybrids. All hands to the deck really. Went on 19078 coming back to Piccadilly. 19530 was just behind it. 12127 helped out also as well as many others.
I was amazed at how smoothly everything went despite the huge crowds and I think Stagecoach deserve a big round of applause for the way they managed the situation. To be able to provide all those buses and run a normal service at the same time, especially now with so many buses away in London, and also to shift the crowds away in the quick and efficient manner they did takes quite some organising. Well done to all.