Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: First Chester & Wirral

(25/11/2012 22:13)gilesbus1 Wrote:  I would say that the buses with the least secure future there are the batch of B7TL's as they where originally only temporary pending the sourcing of newer deckers after teh Olympic games, First was to have sent MX58 Gemini's from Manchester but obviously that willn not now happen so more than likely some standard Stagecoach Enviro Enviro400's with either E40D or Scania N230UD chassis will no doubt make their way here perhaps from diverted orders and the B7TL's go elsewhere perhaps to another fleet where they are needed or be used to displace Olympians here.

Gilesbus1

Fair comment, I had forgotten about the B7TLs being "loaned" from West Yorkshire.

I think any new double-decks from Stagecoach would be E40Ds rather than Scanias as they generally use E40Ds in more urban areas. This despite First having many Scanias (albeit single decks) in the area!