First Manchester

[M60lad]

RE: First Manchester
Are Bury Depot not planning on fixing 64029, be a shame if their not as its always been one of the better Citaroes in the fleet

[SF07]

RE: First Manchester

(14/09/2013 23:22)37554BY Wrote:  

(13/09/2013 14:02)mic Wrote:  any news on what livery 37289 is in

Manchester City Transport which disappoints me greatly

Here is 37289 next to an original Manchester City Transport vehicle

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/9752711184/

69166 has also been repainted into Ramsbottom Urban District Council livery.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15218213@N06/9743879222/

[ANW 2283]

RE: First Manchester
30802 is now in service in Halifax...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/firstpmt/9741093025/

[Nickd7018]

RE: First Manchester
I have just seen 41784 and 41786 on the M62 being ferried across to First Manchester

[SLTRegular]

RE: First Manchester
R583SBA was on the 18 yesterday covering for a Hybrid.

[M60lad]

RE: First Manchester
Probably the one I've seen recently at Thomas Hardies Trafford Park, in fact when I went past the other day there were about 3 First Manchester vehicles up in there, mind you there seems to be standard vehicles regularly appearing on 18s these days

[SF07]

RE: First Manchester
Seem to be a lack of Enviro400s on the 83 and 180/184 today, which had B9TLs in operation on the routes today.

[jimbo]

RE: First Manchester
Its sundays, they allocate anything on sundays... Welcome to Oldham. Tbh Enviro400s are terrible buses, i much prefer the b9tl eclipse geminis... Better to drive, better ride, doesnt feel cheap inside, has power. No stupid door wheel locking system

[SF07]

RE: First Manchester

(15/09/2013 17:24)jimbo Wrote:  Its sundays, they allocate anything on sundays... Welcome to Oldham. Tbh Enviro400s are terrible buses, i much prefer the b9tl eclipse geminis... Better to drive, better ride, doesnt feel cheap inside, has power. No stupid door wheel locking system

I have noticed B9s will appear more on the 180/184 on Sundays but usually it's one or two and the rest being Enviros. Today it seemed to be all B9s, which I must admit, I also prefer to the Enviro400s. More comfortable to ride.

Meanwhile, Stand A on Oldham St in Manchester will be closed from tomorrow (Monday) for 10 days. This will see the 83, 162/163, 180/184 and X84 start their journeys from the next stop on Lever St stand EM (83, 180/184, X84) or Church St stand CS (service 162/163).

[M60lad]

RE: First Manchester
Its true Oldham do route out anything on Sundays, the past 2 Sundays have seen Solos appearing on one duty on 149, while its probably ok to have a Solo on 149 as its not all that busy on Sundays the problem arises when the 149 gets to Manchester as some duties on 149 on Sundays actually interwork with 59, in a way hopefully if a driver sees that a Solo is allocated they will try their best to get a changeover either before it leaves the depot in the morning or sometimes it will be left to the changeover driver to sort it out if they so wish