Bolton Rail Replacements

[gka472l]

Bolton Rail Replacements
Major engineering work is taking place at Bolton station between 12/8 & 27/8. had a trip up yesterday and a log of what I saw in the hour or two there is below.....well worth heading up for, plenty to see and with Tyrers ex London DLA's working on the Manchester services, worth having a trip as they get to stretch their legs along the motorway/A666....

Andrews J10AOT, YN11AZZ

Howards V25HOW, YJ03GYD

Moving People B13KJT (went from Bolton to Hindley on this)

Tyrers CHO213Y, JRZ3266, JRZ3271, LJ03MTV, LJ03MTY, LJ03MYU, LJ03MZD, YJ56KCK, TYR8R, TYR10R

and unknowns YJ07JPX, YV03PZF (red double deck Scania).....

I guess peak hours will see much more out.....

HTH

[AlexBus12]

RE: Bolton rail replacements

(17/08/2017 09:55)gka472l Wrote:  Major engineering work is taking place at Bolton station between 12/8 & 27/8. had a trip up yesterday and a log of what I saw in the hour or two there is below.....well worth heading up for, plenty to see and with Tyrers ex London DLA's working on the Manchester services, worth having a trip as they get to stretch their legs along the motorway/A666....

Andrews J10AOT, YN11AZZ

Howards V25HOW, YJ03GYD

Moving People B13KJT (went from Bolton to Hindley on this)

Tyrers CHO213Y, JRZ3266, JRZ3271, LJ03MTV, LJ03MTY, LJ03MYU, LJ03MZD, YJ56KCK

and unknowns YJ07JPX, YV03PZF (red double deck Scania).....

I guess peak hours will see much more out.....

HTH

Some Preston buses doing the work too. Tyrers are causing a few issues at Bolton Bus Station, where they are parking when they aren't being used. 3 or 4 parking along the bottom of Blackhorse street, causing buses pulling into stands to do so quite unsafely.

[gka472l]

RE: Bolton rail replacements

(17/08/2017 10:09)Alexw12 Wrote:  Some Preston buses doing the work too. Tyrers are causing a few issues at Bolton Bus Station, where they are parking when they aren't being used. 3 or 4 parking along the bottom of Blackhorse street, causing buses pulling into stands to do so quite unsafely.

They seemed to be using Thynne Street and Bridgeman Street yesterday for parking up although I didn't venture as far as the interchange, although did get some pics where Blakchorse Street turns into Great Moor Street......ah forgot the Diamond one, 30917 or 30918 I think it was...

[knutstransport]

RE: Bolton rail replacements

(17/08/2017 09:55)gka472l Wrote:  YV03PZF (red double deck Scania).....

Was being used on RRBs by Howards/Springfield in 2016: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dbiw/25656...otostream/ So probably one of there's.

[iMarkeh]

RE: Bolton rail replacements
V25HOW was apparently bought by MTravel. That is what the Facebook enthusiasts page was saying anyway. Vinyls need changing.

[knutstransport]

RE: Bolton rail replacements

(17/08/2017 12:28)iMarkeh Wrote:  V25HOW was apparently bought by MTravel. That is what the Facebook enthusiasts page was saying anyway. Vinyls need changing.

Has it transferred though? Some enthusiasts pages report buses have been sold a few weeks before they actually transfer.

[iMarkeh]

RE: Bolton rail replacements

(17/08/2017 15:26)knutstransport Wrote:  Has it transferred though? Some enthusiasts pages report buses have been sold a few weeks before they actually transfer.

It was reported on the Howards enthusiast group with MP Travel business partner at the wheel and he commented saying he had bought it.

[Paul 17]

RE: Bolton Rail Replacements
(YV03 PZF) Is now with Mario Coaches. https://flic.kr/p/UQ8i1b

[dca529x]

RE: Bolton rail replacements

(17/08/2017 10:09)Alexw12 Wrote:  Some Preston buses doing the work too. Tyrers are causing a few issues at Bolton Bus Station, where they are parking when they aren't being used. 3 or 4 parking along the bottom of Blackhorse street, causing buses pulling into stands to do so quite unsafely.

From my observations it wasn't any operator causing issues, but the 'controllers' who were failing to ensure smooth operation. Notable was the complete indifference to a low loader which parked up in the offside lane of the interchange for 45 mins when I was there, stopping overtaking when anything was loading at the middle stop.
Singling out any particular operator is unfair, when a lot of the blame actually sits elsewhere.

[ant17612]

RE: Bolton Rail Replacements
Afternoon all, Spent an excellent day chasing these replacements around on Monday. Some really interesting stuff out including a few coaches from quite a far! So then my observations are as follows;
BHZ8799 (G958JJC) Vo B10MT/ Vh Alizee - Forsyth, Blyth
RIG1083 (P76OEW) Vo B10M/ Vh Alizee - Rigby's, Accrington
P310PYA Vo B10M/ Vh Alizee - D.Hurst, Wigan
R309JAF Vo B10M/ Pn Expressliner 2 - Ellenbrook, Chadderton
TYR3R (R901TUM) Vo B10M/ Vh Alizee - Tyrers, Adlington
CHO213Y (S463ATV) Vo Olympian/ EL Pyoneer - Tyrers, Adlington
A7YKW (S681RCS) Vo B10M/ Pn Premiere - KT's, Kendal
WNF26 (V260DJU) Vo B10M/ Je Mistral - Hiltons, Newton-le-Willows
W939ULL DsTt/ Ar ALX400 - Harris, Accrington
K4HOW (X4GVT) Ba FHD - Howards, Warrington
JRZ3265 (X582USC) DsTt/ Pn President - Tyrers, Adlington
JRZ3271 (X932YCC) Vo B7TL/ Ar ALX400 - Tyrers, Adlington
XIL1581 (Y158EAY) Vo B12M/ Je Mistral - Hiltons, Newton-le-Willows
Y314HUA DAF/ Vh Alizee - Archway, Blackpool
VOI2652 (SF51WPZ) Mb 0814D - Atlantic, Bolton
YJ51ZVE DAF DB250/ Oe Spectra - Atlantic, Bolton
B13KJT (BT52LCT) Sca/ Vh Alizee - Moving People, Accrington
LR52KXS DsTt/ Pn President - Tyrers, Adlington
MC52ZCX DsJv/ Pn Premiere - GB Coaches, Audenshaw
A16CCG Io/ Bs - Orion, Longsight
N3EDW (CX03DYP) Au Euroliner - Cranberry Coachways, Blackburn
LJ03MTY DAF DB250/ Ar ALX400 - Tyrers, Adlington
LJ03MUA DAF DB250/ Ar ALX400 - Tyrers, Adlington
LJ03MUB DAF DB250/ Ar ALX400 - Tyrers, Adlington
LJ03MYU DAF DB250/ Ar ALX400 - Tyrers, Adlington
LJ03MYX DAF DB250/ Ar ALX400 - Tyrers, Adlington
LJ03MYY DAF DB250/ Ar ALX400 - Tyrers, Adlington
LJ03MYZ DAF DB250/ Ar ALX400 - Tyrers, Adlington
YV03PZF Sca N94UD/ EL OmniDekka - Mario, Nelson
GRZ2401 (YN53VBG) Vo B12M/ Pn Paragon - GPD Travel, Heywood
PN04NPC MAN/ Marcopolo - Atlantic, Bolton
TYR19R (YN04WTF) Vo B7R/ Pn Profile - Tyrers, Adlington
BNZ5830 (YX04AWV) Mb/ Ferqui - Cranberry Coachways, Blackburn
LJ54BBZ Vo B7TL/ Ar ALX400 - Atlantic, Bolton
PO54NLA MAN/ Marcopolo - Atlantic, Bolton
J14EEG (FT05HBN) Sca/ Ir PB - Johnsons, Caister
G8MCT (YN05ASV) Io/ Bs - D. Hurst, Wigan
J12EEG (YN05VRU) Vo B12B/ Pn Panther - Johnsons, Caister
J7AOT (YN55NPF) Au Euroliner - Andrews, Tideswell
30910 PRN909 Sca/ EL Esteem - Diamond North West, Atherton
UUI4789 (FB06OSW) Vo B12B/ Vo 9700 - Red Rose, Oswaldtwistle
FHZ9593 (FJ06BPK) Vo B12B/ Ssd Sideral - Orion, Longsight
RX06WRU VDL DB250/ EL Lowlander - Tyrers, Adlington
TYR7R (YJ06LCW) VDL/ Vh Alizee - Tyrers, Adlington
YJ06LCZ VDL/ Vh Alizee - Tyrers, Adlington
H14BUS (YN06NYM) Sca/ Ir Century - Orion, Longsight
YTH756 (FJ56KUB) Vo B12B/ Vo 9700 - MP Travel, Eccles
30917 PO56JDX Sca/ EL Esteem - Diamond North West, Atherton
A7BXN VDL/ Ba Magiq - B&N Coaches, Burnley
A20BXN (YJ56CEU) VDL/ Ba Maqiq - B&N Coaches, Burnley
N12RFL (YJ56CEV) VDL/ Ba Magiq - D. Hurst, Wigan
YJ56KCK VDL DB250/ EL Lowlander - Tyrers, Adlington
TYR10R (YJ07JFX) VDL/ Vh Alizee - Tyrers, Adlington
TYR12R (YJ07JHE) VDL/ Vh T915 Alicron - Tyrers, Adlington
HOW51T (YJ08EAC) VDL/ Vh TD921 Altano - Howards, Warrington
SV58JJZ KingLong XMQ6127 - GB Coaches, Audenshaw
J10AOT (YN58CHC) Vo B12B/ Pn Panther - Andrews, Tideswell
FN09AOH Vo B12B/ Vo 9700 - Red Rose, Oswaldtwistle
30535 PF09LCO MAN/ Wt Meridian - Diamond North West, Atherton
SA09ASH VDL/ Vh TD920 Altano - Coach Innovations, Kidderminster
F6AVA (YR09HOL) Vo B12BT/ Vo 9700 - AVA Coach, Leyland
A6BXN (YT59SHX) Sca/ Lah OmniExpress - B&N Coaches, Burnley
UUI7481 (BV10Z??) Mb Tourismo - Red Rose, Oswaldtwistle
UUI7485 (BV10ZKK) Mb Tourismo - Red Rose, Oswaldtwistle
YN10FZA Mb/ Pn Cheetah - Atlantic, Bolton
33007 BT11UWM Mb Citaro - Rotala Preston Bus, Preston
YN11AXX Vo B9R/ Pn Panther 2 - Andrews, Tideswell
FA12ENG Sca/ Ir PB - AVA Coach, Leyland
PO13LJC Au Tourliner - ABC Coach Hire, Swinton
WA13AMU VDL Futura 2 - Tyrers, Adlington
BF16XRS Mb Tourismo - KT's, Kendal
LH16HOW Yutong TC12 - Howards, Warrington
PO16HSA MAN/ MobiPeople Explorer - ABC Coach Hire, Swinton
32306 SK16GXU Wt Streetlite - Rotala Preston Bus, Preston
FJ17PYA Mb Atego/ Pn Cheetah XL - Andrews, Tideswell

Managed to travel on 15 of these;
BHZ8799, RIG1083, TYR3R, CHO213Y, LR52KXS, LJ03MYU, PN04NPC, LJ54BBZ, PO54NLA, J12EEG, A20BXN, YJ56KCK, TYR10R, F6AVA, YN11AXX