First Manchester

[VolvoB10M]

RE: First Manchester

(15/02/2014 21:07)james Wrote:  135 is because it originates in manchester which is a lot of 100s

I'm not sure why it's run by Bury depot but numbered as Manchester, unless it's to simplify the numbering range in the city centre so they aren't completely mixed between 0 - 699.

(15/02/2014 21:07)james Wrote:  135 to Heywood ??

I think you might be thinking of 163 but that's also numbered the same way.

[SF07]

RE: First Manchester
First have apologised for being unable to run the 100 through to Warrington yesterday due to a road closure on the A57 at Rixton, in between Warrington and Hollins Green.


http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/greater_...721&conf=1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-man...r-26206314

[Polo Mint]

RE: First Manchester
I think any route that goes into central Manchester uses the Manchester number scheme regardless which depot operates the service.

Routes 8, 36, 37 are operated by Bolton but use the Manchester 0-200 numbers rather than 500-599

Same for 64, 83, 180, 184 at Oldham and 92, 93, 98, 135, 163 from Bury etc.

[RSTurbo50]

RE: First Manchester
Apart from school runs, what services now operate by First out of the Rusholme depot?

[jimbo]

RE: First Manchester
All the old finglands routes, im guessing some may be moved around to other depots to suit

[RSTurbo50]

RE: First Manchester
How many routes were there?

[james]

RE: First Manchester

(17/02/2014 14:24)RSTurbo50 Wrote:  How many routes were there?

route / serv
16 alt - mcr (eve / sundays)
19 alt - airport (eve 7 days only)
41 alt/sale - mcr (daytime / evening)
42 edids - mcr (m-s saytime)
99 sale - mcr (m-s daytime)
157 woodford - mcr (eve only)

schools
141, 145, 146, 147, 148, 158, 241, 724, 729, 742, 745, 753, 766, 771 and 795

[RSTurbo50]

RE: First Manchester
Are the fares staged or a flat rate? Is it mainly passes and day/weekly tickets on Furst services?

[BHA]

RE: First Manchester
Have I missed something? Have First manchester lost all the relatively new BD13 registered Eclipse Urban 2 bodied Volvo B6RLEs. In the last two weeks I have been in Bolton, Shudehill and Oldham and have seen none of them ( 69566 - 78 batch ). I know they were originally intended for West Yorks but thought they were a permanent allocation to Manchester.
Presumably they have returned to Leeds or Bradford or Halifax or Huddersfield ?

[acocker96]

RE: First Manchester

(18/02/2014 18:44)BHA Wrote:  Have I missed something? Have First manchester lost all the relatively new BD13 registered Eclipse Urban 2 bodied Volvo B6RLEs. In the last two weeks I have been in Bolton, Shudehill and Oldham and have seen none of them ( 69566 - 78 batch ). I know they were originally intended for West Yorks but thought they were a permanent allocation to Manchester.
Presumably they have returned to Leeds or Bradford or Halifax or Huddersfield ?

Definitely still here I see the odd one on the 58 almost everyday in Oldham Town Centre