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(05/09/2012 19:50)Damien Wrote: [ -> ]Noticed they finally got round to changing, some legals on the 40313/6 batch of solos

40316 not yet saw it today still with pioneer legals

(05/09/2012 19:55)mic Wrote: [ -> ]

(05/09/2012 19:50)Damien Wrote: [ -> ]Noticed they finally got round to changing, some legals on the 40313/6 batch of solos

40316 not yet saw it today still with pioneer legals

40315 i went on that has, and 40313 working on the 452/455 routes today out of Rochdale

Don't know what was occuring with bendi 12016, very very slow, caught it out of Rochdale on 471s at 5pm ish. Was going that slow that buses 37297 69135/ 69137 over took it. Yes it was rush hour, but the speed was ludicrous, a 1 hour bus trip took nearly 2 hours I wasnt a happy bunnie.

On the upside though, 33755 is now my fave bus ever, and a very well kept bus that goes to Oldham's 40418 on the 455 earlier Lovely ride

I was thinking, the figures say 91 buses into First Manchester 54 of those in total will all end up in Oldham. Leaving a potential 37 Enviro's for Bolton. You cant help but think, that with so much orignally made of these allocations between Oldham and Bolton. It will turn out that Bolton may get 37 new enviro's and is linked with second hand scania's, and old arrows which should have been dropped off a cliff long ago. Whilst Oldham smiles while the top buses roll in, although nothing anyone can say Bolton will come out of this hard done by.

Remember Bolton got what, 11 new B7RLE's not long ago, and also most of their B7RLE's are younger than Oldham's.

Oldham has more core routes than Bolton - 58/59, 81/81A, 83, 180/181/182/184, 409 and potentially 415 and 425. Bolton has 8, 36, 37 and 582 with potentially the 501. We have more routes to feed new stock onto

(06/09/2012 00:10)P528LND Wrote: [ -> ]Remember Bolton got what, 11 new B7RLE's not long ago, and also most of their B7RLE's are younger than Oldham's.

Oldham has more core routes than Bolton - 58/59, 81/81A, 83, 180/181/182/184, 409 and potentially 415 and 425. Bolton has 8, 36, 37 and 582 with potentially the 501. We have more routes to feed new stock onto

Fair enough Liam good points, and yes I forgot about the Eclispse twos of last year :-) On the subject of the 501 potential is right :-)

transfer updates

31948 Oldham to Bolton [but on loan to pioneer at the moment]
49116 Pioneer to Bolton
59009 Bolton to Pioneer

37381 seen in Ashton on pioneer staff bus the only transfer so far of these

(06/09/2012 11:13)mic Wrote: [ -> ]37381 seen in Ashton on pioneer staff bus the only transfer so far of these

had an interesting chat on the 346 last night with the pennine driver( guy who always has the original red jumper mic you know who i mean) he says since ive been away the ten is now to become 18 deckers
these are to displace our arrows,40312,50280 and aload of the r-sba darts
they are keeping the 40324-7 batch and half the darts (the better half i hope) and this. apparently this happened in a meeting the other day with fm bosses
plus approx ten of the 18 will be overground branded for 348/350. and 350 will be decker operated on all journeys even to oldham and at night too
plus when these are all here the half hour break at oldham currently on 350`s will go at the october change as the buses will be more reliable so wont need time to cool down as they often need to take water at ashton or overheat after they come off the oldham run. any queries mic can inbox me

(06/09/2012 10:45)66905 Wrote: [ -> ]

(06/09/2012 08:32)mic Wrote: [ -> ]49116 Pioneer to Bolton
59009 Bolton to Pioneer

Makes sense to have the only SoloSR here at Bolton transfer to Ashton and we get another Versa.
a lot more standardised and 'neater' now. :-)

not really "neater" as the 49113/4/5/6 were a vehicle requirements for 380/1/6 stockport services now there gonna have 3 versa`s and a solo scruffy i think now