(09/03/2021 16:06)Citibus Wrote: [ -> ]At least 5 ex Arriva London dual-door envrio 200s have arrived for the new tendered services. One of which is LJ09 KPF
Some 10.2 metre examples were withdrawn on February 6th as Arriva lost route 184 to Go-Ahead. This one is from that batch.
These could be for the new contracts starting in April.
(08/02/2021 18:53)NorthernCounties Wrote: [ -> ]Social media update tonight re. Little Gem Bus Company.
"HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT:
From 11th April 2021 we are set to takeover the following bus services in and around Greater Manchester:
X5, 88, 151, 245, 260, 261, 262, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 335, 339, 345, 375, and 396.
We will also continue with our 84A, 391 and 392 services but sadly will be standing down on the 382, 397 and 521 services.
We look forward to providing the best service possible for your communities going forward."
It seems they will actually be running 2 different 245 services - Ashton to Denton
and Trafford Centre to Altrincham, unless someone's made a mistake with the registrations.
The 88 registration is for Altrincham to Wilmslow only but it is effective from 11 April, so possibly that means the 288 is returning to the full timetable from that date.
(22/03/2021 12:50)knutstransport Wrote: [ -> ]It seems they will actually be running 2 different 245 services - Ashton to Denton and Trafford Centre to Altrincham, unless someone's made a mistake with the registrations.
The 88 registration is for Altrincham to Wilmslow only but it is effective from 11 April, so possibly that means the 288 is returning to the full timetable from that date.
The Ashton route is the 345.
(09/03/2021 16:06)Citibus Wrote: [ -> ]At least 5 ex Arriva London dual-door envrio 200s have arrived for the new tendered services. One of which is LJ09 KPF
Photos of the Enviro200’s have been posted on their Facebook page today and 4 were present all with single door configuration and in an orange colour (paint rather than vinyl). They look pretty smart to be fair.
The Orange colour is Little Gem base livery from what I can gather.
(09/03/2021 23:06)Quackdave Wrote: [ -> ]There's not much to go on, but WEZ 553 looks like JXW to me. I don't think it's JWF, because that lacked the passenger window stickers in the second offside bay; nor JWL, which lacked the one in the lower cab side window. It could conceivably be JXG; but that already had accessibility logos on either side of the destination display, and they look about 20% smaller than the ones displayed by WEZ 553. It strikes me as more likely that they'd add these to a bus that didn't have them, rather than that they'd take a bus that already had them, and replace them with very slightly bigger ones!
DVLA searching indicates that all four have been reregistered, but none of my guesses as to what the other two might have become have hit the mark yet!
Unsure as to which but the other 2 are now 1961 WEZ522 and 1964 WEZ 556.
Also looking from the photos posted their is an E20D variant of the Enviro200 been acquired.
Further observation from the photos posted is that Vanhool Altano 8GAG has been reverted to YJ09CWW and painted base white.