Stagecoach Manchester

[gka472l]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(30/08/2015 19:34)Dentonian Wrote:  This has been covered over the last few pages, but at a guess the bus in the photo must be 17066. None of the other buses sent there have ever been MagicBuese

Correct, it is 17066, repainted at Rock Ferry ready for Plymouth, photo by Kameron Allan https://www.flickr.com/photos/busboy16164/20273838583/

The other Tridents are 17002/17005/17006/17010/17011/17038/17051/17066/17670

HTH

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(30/08/2015 12:30)Wright Eclipse Wrote:  I`m actually surprised Xreg ones are getting Withdrawn & scrapped (Not Just Manchester,but other Ops) would of thought they could get some more years out of them if the converted them to DDA Like first have done with Renowns,Flolines & ALX400 of similar age.

Yet V-reg 22808 is still operational in Stockport. And 22219 which I always considered to be the worst X-reg,is still operating in Middleton

[Metroline1511]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(18/08/2015 22:18)Scania3379man Wrote:  been noticed stagecoach manchester 36*** is on 22 to stockport after 7.00pm at bolton train station today.

Martyn

Stagecoach 22s are quite often Enviro200s on Mon-Fri, but these are more often the 64-reg 37100s.

(20/08/2015 22:18)Mayneway Wrote:  With all the recent gains in evening work at AZ it seems that weekday evening 219's have gone back to HE with 12233 seen leaving Ashton at 22.15 tonight. I also spotted one of the Bedford Tridents on an earlier evening working a couple of nights earlier but assumed it was a one off.
This obviously means AZ's Hybrids are free to work on thier other evening services.

Also heard off a driver at AZ that the 7's are to return to AZ in the very near future presumably with a batch of suitable vehicles, most likely Enviro200's, to work them.

I think these will be the oldest Enviro200s currently at Stockport. I doubt any of the 64-reg 37100s will leave.

An additional point is that route 197 sees many 63-reg E400Hs, a few Enviro400s, but the 12-reg E400Hs built for it are now only a minority allocation. This may be in part because others for route 219 have moved from HE to AZ.

[BHA]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(29/08/2015 19:49)Dentonian Wrote:  Had a couple of hours in Wigan this afternoon, after a last minute switch to Bolton was ruled out by road/rail chaos. In doing so, illustrated that the 15 regs are well scattered route wise. bearing in mind all 9 workings on the 600 were seen, this was how the newies were deployed:
27229 - not seen
27230 - 621/8
27231 - 600
27232 - arrived in Bus Station c.1400 and parked up out of service
27233 - not seen
27234 - 621/8
27235 - 625/6
27236 - 621/8
27237 - 600

I also had a couple of hours in Wigan, but this was last Wednesday 2nd. I saw all 9 of the new Enviro300s, again a varied allocation though the 658 was a clear winner.

540 27229 and 27236
598 27231
625/626 local 27237
658 27230, 27232, 27234 and 27235
27233 was parked in the bay on the road at the side of the Bus Station ( Hallgate ) all the time I was there. Took me a while to notice it - not readily visible from the Bus Station.

So none on the 600 ( a fair number of the acquired 223xx MANs were evident on this route along with 27207 ). 27208 was also on the 540.

[SF07]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Was briefly at Leigh bus station on Tuesday and noticed 27207 on the 658 and 27208 on the 598, while two Enviro400s operated on the 600. One of the ex-First B7RLEs (21237?) was in Manchester yesterday afternoon, presumably on the 32 (was out of service leaving Piccadilly Gardens at the time).

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(04/09/2015 17:43)SF07 Wrote:  Was briefly at Leigh bus station on Tuesday and noticed 27207 on the 658 and 27208 on the 598, while two Enviro400s operated on the 600. One of the ex-First B7RLEs (21237?) was in Manchester yesterday afternoon, presumably on the 32 (was out of service leaving Piccadilly Gardens at the time).

Unless dutys have changed the last 32 from Manchester works of the 540 and is almost always an Eclipse, used to get this trip regular for this reason

[andyh]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
19263 now carries magic bus livery and attended Bus driver of the Year 2015 in Blackpool along with 10424 also 17647 is going back into beachball from magic bus colours the reprinting of 17698/699 is underway

[SF07]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
17269 and 17331 painted into MagicBus livery:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/awesomead123/21260117421/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59861273@N08/21261413612/

[Polo Mint]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
I don't think the shape of the bus lends itself well to the new Magic Bus livery. The livery looks far better on the Enviro400.

[mbonwick]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Depends whether that is the correct implementation of the new livery or not....


Anyone remember the Wirral B7RLEs?