(10/08/2014 10:56)BHA Wrote: [ -> ]4063 has been the only DLA at Wythenshawe for several months now. However they have the 9 DLPs 4161-9. Do they see service at present now that the 16 has gone - four or five per day were regulars on that route? Or are they being readied for schools in September?
still see them on 18/19/263
Considering Wythenshawe are now 2 Pulsars down at the moment I would have thought that a couple of DLPs would be out on various services during the week now, they've even been used on the odd 247 in the past now that it doesn't run to/from Eccles
Yh they seem to appear on just about anything, though the MEGA rarity is 130s. WY hardly ever put deckers out on the macc runs mainly cos the deckers are tied up on school runs most of the time, but it'd be very handy if they did as especially in rush hour with school kids & folks off work even a pulsar or commander is 100% wedged.
(11/08/2014 15:45)Dentonian Wrote: [ -> ]Actually, I caught 4169 on an off-peak 130 a couple of months ago - about three weeks after the 16 was withdrawn. Never ever seen a 'decker on an 18 or 19 though. Presumably, their use on these routes is restricted to peak workings.
i got a DLP on 18 at around 14:00 from Trafford Centre during last school holidays
There used to be a peak 18 from Trafford Centre-Altrincham in the afternoon that didn't tie up in the timetable with any of the other 18s and that used to come straight off a School and that used to regularly be a double decker.
Also when the extra 19s to Sale used to run one of the deckers used to run onto the last Arriva Journey from Altrincham-Manchester Airport on 19 at 18:30
What happened to route 16? Was the funding removed and when did the route stop operating?
Not surprised the remaining 16s are finishing shortly as apart from a couple of passengers using it round Sale Racecourse it really never made that much money, also it was a daft tender anyway as for such a long route there was only one bus on it and not sure about recently but when Finglands operated it in the evening it could never keep to time and most journies I caught always used to arrive into Piccadilly about 5 to 10 mins late
SB120 2551 seen in Partington on the 247 to Altrincham friday evening
Noted on wed think it was 2936 is back in action. Spotted it in macc bus station on the 130
Has Wythenshawe lost any other services apart from the metroshuttle that would mean the 10.7m pointer moving to Wales and has the pulsar been W/O or awaiting a slot to be fixed as Augusts fleetcard list it as Withdrawn