Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

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RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Since the entry into service at Carlisle of some of the ex-Manchester MAN/ALX300s, the Solos which came to Carlisle earlier in the year seem to have gone away again. I have not seen 47016 and 47018 for a couple of weeks. 47022 and 47474 are still around, usually on the 69 City service and the 685 Brampton journeys. In a couple of weeks time there will be another Solo spare as the 77/77A usually worked by 47721/22 will finish for the winter and only one of these is needed for the 78 at Penrith outstation.
Since the Sainsbury staff contract finished, the third coach at Carlisle 52629 is usually on the 0940 and 1340 600 Cockermouth and also does the 0655 300 Workington-Carlisle and the 1640 back to Workington. The other Carlisle-worked 600s at 0630 and 1540 are now usually a Dart SLF which also does the 93 to Bowness. All these journeys used to be B10M/PSs.
I have not seen 20904 for a few weeks and its runs on the 520 Brampton school contract and the 94/97 services had 20219 yesterday which is also seat-belt fitted.
The only ALX300s I saw yesterday were 22134 and 22142 on the 38, although 22134 had to be taken off with a broken mirror arm and by Dart 34703.
Recent transfer Olympian 16645 is a nice change from the N-reg ones, with new semi-coach seats of the same type fitted to 24116-124 and also has plenty of CCTV. It is usually on the 554 Keswick or the Penrith-operated 104 Newton Rigg-Carlisle, both of which also do Caldew School runs.