Wellglade (Trent Barton, Kinchbus, TM Travel, Notts and Derby, Midland General)

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RE: Wellglade (Trent Barton, Kinchbus, TM Travel, Notts and Derby, Midland General)

(06/10/2012 16:56)Metroline1511 Wrote:  This new seating does indeed represent a change from the alternate gold/ blue seating introduced in 2003. Maybe I shall have another daytrip to Derby ca 2014 to ride some new and refurb buses.

Trent Barton is going through quite an exciting period and I can see a lot of new liveries in the near future, and the new buses are certainly worth a ride- they are done to a very high quality!

727 has now entered service at Derby. Along with 726, they have displaced Derby excels 234 and 262, although they will remain in service whilst the Mickleover Volvos are refurbished.

Solars 676 and 680 are at Nottingham to cover for accident repairs- 3 Indigo Volvos and 1 Keyworth Connection Tempo are off due to damage. When they return, 676 will head to Derby to replace Solo 466 in the spare fleet, which will become a dedicated (though not branded) se7ens vehicle. 680 will head to Langley Mill and will replace excel 260.

4 more former Rainbow 4 Solars are in the process of becoming trent barton spares. These will likely replace excels, with the intention of all excels being withdrawn from the Trent Barton fleet by christmas.

Se7ens branded solos 423 and 411 are withdrawn at Langley Mill

Scania Wrightbus Solar 625 is currently being refurbished for Skylink Leicester Derby.

Mickleover Volvo 734 is the first of the 8 to be refurbished for the service; it is currently at Langley Mill