Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Are any more Manchester MAN's expected up there as there are quite a number still here rumoured for moves away?

[jonesy3001]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
All ME Enviro300s are back home, 27751/2 are back in service.
22116,18328 and 18330 have gone to lillyhall,
18361 has gone to carlisle,
18325,18326 and 18327 should be moving to kendal over the next few days but 18325 might be a while has it got towed in today after its fuel pump went belly-up,
20547 has gone into reserve with 16877.
21007,47017 and 16447 should be joining soon
and 10024-31 have all had wifi stickers added and a couple have received rear-ads.

[bramptontrev]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
A P reg Alexander bodied B10M bus with coach seats has been on the 685 Carlisle to Newcastle recently - doing the full route.

I presume one of the regular coaches has had problems - anyone know?

[enrag2000]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Although quite a few ALX300s have been transferred to Carlisle, they are not very common in service just yet. Last Saturday, I saw 22134 and 22137 on the 38 and 600. Yesterday the only one I saw in service was 22142 looking very fresh on the 38. 22134 was nowhere about and 22137 was outside the garage with its front panel missing, looking as if it had been towed in. 22160 seemed to be getting prepared for the paintshop.
At least some of the buses loaned to Gillmoss have returned - 24121 and 24122 were on the 79/179 (24122 still had a rear advert for a Liverpool college) and 34686 was on the 60.
The only B10M buses I saw were 20456 on the 600; 20959 on the 38/93; 20944 on the 104 from Penrith outstation; 20904 on its regular 94/97 run and 20128 out of service in the Bus Station. It looks like 20456 has been transferred from Kendal as it has been about for a few days.
I have noticed that one of Carlisle's Olympians (from Penrith outstation) now does the X9 service from Newton Rigg College to Cleator Moor - this must be one of the longest runs for one of these buses - I reckon it to be about 50 miles!

[cumbria0902150]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Only 1 Leyland left in service now, 14259 at Kendal, although I'm told it should be withdrawn this week.

[enrag2000]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Three ALX300s in service at Carlisle today - 22134 and 22139 on the 38 (Silloth/Blackwell) and 22142 on the 79 (Dumfries). Some of these buses have signs on the windows saying they are the New Generation. Strange that seeing they are 14 years old!

Newly transferred Trident 18361 was on 104 (Penrith Center Parcs) instead of one of the usual Enviro300s (24123/124). Older Trident 17017 did a couple of hours on city service 67/68 in place of Dart 34706.

I think all the buses loaned to Gillmoss are now back - I saw them all in Carlisle today apart from 34685.

The B10M which seems to have transferred from Kendal - 20456 - was on the 600 to Cockermouth. 20219 was on the 94/97 usually worked by 20904.

[MIB]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Just out of idle interest have all of the olympic pool of B10's been withdrawn and are the olympians still in service on the 5, 50 or any other routes now some semblance of normality has returned to Lancaster / Morecambe?

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Are any more MAN's expected to be transferred in from Manchester or elsewhere soon?

[jonesy3001]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
At ME all the B10Ms and B10Bs 21003,21004,21005 have gone into reserve as the Enviro300s are back in service,
N/C bodied olympians 16103,16447,16877 have gone into reserve,
14196 has been withdrawn,
18324/5/6/7 have gone to kendal,
18328/30 and 22116 have gone to lillyhall,
18361,22134 and 22137 have gone to carlisle,
21007 and 47017 are going into reserve soon,
and ME are expecting 2 solos from lillyhall for LCC contract work in the carnforth area.

[MIB]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

(05/10/2012 13:34)jonesy3001 Wrote:  At ME all the B10Ms and B10Bs 21003,21004,21005 have gone into reserve as the Enviro300s are back in service,
N/C bodied olympians 16103,16447,16877 have gone into reserve,
14196 has been withdrawn,
18324/5/6/7 have gone to kendal,
18328/30 and 22116 have gone to lillyhall,
18361,22134 and 22137 have gone to carlisle,
21007 and 47017 are going into reserve soon,
and ME are expecting 2 solos from lillyhall for LCC contract work in the carnforth area.

Many thanks for this info Jonesy. Would I be right in thinking with all of these buses going into reserve and others being transferred away from ME that the remaining olympians are still in everyday use out of Lancaster?