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58 returned to service yesterday afternoon on the 88 route. First time since April that it's tracked in use.

Two Orange Solos noted in Crewe last week on my Asda run, but none today.

(22/10/2022 18:21)mikestone Wrote: [ -> ]Two Orange Solos noted in Crewe last week on my Asda run, but none today.

44 showing as tracking on the 8 yesterday, with 115 tracking on the 38. So if the tracking is correct and they are still in Orange livery, there should have been 2 out and about in Crewe. It does look like 115 disappeared for an hour at around 13:10, so it may have been a driver kept the vehicle while on their break.

Some unusual allocations today.

41 is on the 130 route, alongside 129 and 131, while vehicle 130 is on the 8 route.

The allocation for the 88/89/188 has been 30, 33, 57 and 107. While all those vehicles have been on those routes in the last few days, it's unusual for there to be four large vehicles on a weekday.

While another Streetlite has been on the Handforth Dean shuttle. I'm unsure of the number. Possibly 55 as that hasn't tracked on anything today?

Seems the 19 is now an officially D&G registered route being operated by the Adderley Green depot. It means Macclesfield is back to being the town where vehicles and drivers from any depot can appear.

61 was at Knutsford bus station at around 9am, presumably to run the Handforth Dean shuttle as 31 was also there and displaying the 89 route number.

61 covered yesterday (monday 28th) on 130 duties due to both 129 & 130 being off road.

140 also covered along with the wheel forward streetlite 61.

'Orange 1' Optare Solo 115 on route 130 today.

(13/12/2022 13:01)KXW212 Wrote: [ -> ]'Orange 1' Optare Solo 115 on route 130 today.

35 and 131 also on the 130, while 129 on the 88. The latter isn't uncommon on Saturdays but it's unusual on a weekday. It looks like an Enviro failed to start so 129 was taken by a 88 driver, with 115 sent up from Crewe to Handforth. (The tracking shows 115 coming off the M6 and getting stuck in traffic on the A556 and M56.)

115 has now returned to Crewe with 31 returning to Wincham.