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33865/74 also confirmed as arrived at Plymouth

(19/08/2015 06:51)gka472l Wrote: [ -> ]33865/74 also confirmed as arrived at Plymouth

The "plymothian transit" blog has photo's & fleet numbers listed of Stagecoach vehicles at Plymouth.

Photo's have appeared on Facebook, showing First group vehicles, now carrying Stagecoach Fleetnames and legal lettering. Two weeks before the official take-over.

Courtesy of Steve Mutly on the Stagecoach Enthusiasts facebok group, several First vehicles will be loaned by Stagecoach for the Plymouth park & ride until January, and will receive Stagecoach fleetnumbers which are on the right

32757 WA54OLP 18531
32760 WA54OLR 18532
32761 WJ55CRX 18533
32762 WJ55CRZ 18534
33172 LR02LYP 18535
33420 WA08MVE 19707
33421 WA08MVF 19708
33422 WA08MVG 19709
60895 YJ51RFE 21096
60910 YJ51RFK 21097
60917 YG02DKV 21098
60918 YG02DLJ 21099

HTH

Your posts above GKA indicate just how well the companies are managing the sale. First are allowing Stagecoach to park some of their own vehicles there ready and are loaning a few vehicles initially.

A few more vehicles have joined ready for next week, former North East Dart's 34609/10/13, certainly 34613 is there https://www.flickr.com/photos/aderoberts...08252@N06/ plenty of pics of Stagecoach stuff parked up ready amongst the First stuff on this photostream, of note is 17066 which was repainted at Rock Ferry recently still retains it's Magic Bus lettering in the top front deck window!

HTH

(02/09/2015 19:17)Dentonian Wrote: [ -> ]Presumably, no sign of 33871/2/3 or even 33875 yet?

Not that I've seen reported as of yet, although 33869 was taken back north on tow in the last few days having reached Exeter, presumably back to the Manchester area as the photo I've seen was taken on the M6 in Cheshire.

HTH

Another addition for the Plymouth fleet is former North East Dart 34607. Report elsewhere states most of the First stock (presumably the stuff not in service though) is leaving Plymouth for Cornwall on Saturday afternoon.

HTH

Just to recap, the current Stagecoach Plymouth allocation to my knowledge is as follows

Dennis Trident/ALX400

17002/17005/17006/17010/17011/17038/17051/17055/17056/17066/17289/17290/17294/17295/17297/17299/17330/17670/18004

17329 & 17337 also are reported down as for Plymouth, with 17329 receiving attention at Carlisle as I'm assuming it broke down on transfer and no reports of 17337 being seen down there yet.

Dennis Dart/Plaxton

33865/34607/34609-14/34684/34686/34689

Enviro 200

37113-37120 (ex Carlisle)

Optare Solo

47084-91/93

I believe some of the MCV Darts from Manchester maybe for Exeter rather than Plymouth.

And lastly the following are on loan from First for a few months for park & ride services

18531 (32757) WA54OLP
18532 (32760) WA54OLR
18533 (32761) WJ55CRX
18534 (32762) WJ55CRZ
18535 (33172) LR02LYP
19707 (33420) WA08MVE
19708 (33421) WA08MVF
19709 (33422) WA08MVG
21096 (60895) YJ51RFE
21097 (60910) YJ61RFK
21098 (60917) YG02DKV
21099 (60918) YG02DLJ

HTH

17337 is believed to have been seen out, but was incorrectly recorded as 17037. (Of course, equally possible that it was 17038 that was mis-recorded!)

The MCVs are proving to be rather troublesome I believe - splitting them with Exeter is an effort to minimse the effect of their frequent breakdowns.

34610/2/4 should also have landed from North East.