Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot

[M60lad]

RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot
Out of interest with this new merger if say Manchester are short of vehicles for some reason or other could we actually end up seeing Merseyside Depots helping out and vice versa?

Also will this mean the legal addresses will have to be changed on all vehicles?

[MTL0201]

RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot

(22/10/2025 17:37)gka472l Wrote:  Info from a staff memo that's been sent to me......Stagecoach Manchester & Stagecoach Merseyside are to be merged into one unit as Stagecoach Manchester & Merseyside (no mention of the Lancashire depots...perhaps that's when they join the Cumbria fleet)

Changes from 1 December 2025

Interesting move, kind of reminds me when First had Wirral & Chester, they moved Wirral & Chester depots from Potteries to Manchester licences.

[gka472l]

RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot
Latest Stagecoach Scotland East fleetcard has Enviro300 27217 as down as transferring to Merseyside (27211-7 left Midlands earlier this year for Scotland East). Also Scania 28647 also coming to Merseyside from the same source, although I'd say unlikely for Gillmoss given most of these seem to be at Preston now......

HTH

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot
27217 is still in Scotland at the time of writing. 28605 + 28647 have arrived from Scotland though and are currently at Gillmoss. 15588 has returned in the awful new livery too.

[Olympian2100]

RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Gillmoss Depot
A post on another thread a while back asked about the use of 59 reg. buses on Tendered services.
In a similar vein, is it acceptable that Stagecoach occasionally use 06 reg Solos and 58 reg short Enviro 200s on Merseytravel's Maghull Circular services?
I saw two of the Enviros today and they sounded very rough indeed.