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)
Two solars, 688 and 691 have now returned to service in 'secret sixes' livery which all will carry until all ten have been refurbished, when full vinyls will be applied. The following has been done during the extensive refurbishment:

-New front panel to remove the wrightbus 'w'
-All the interior metalwork has been repainted
-A new floor has been put in
-New walls have been put in
-A new cab surround has been fitted
-New high back fabric seats with yellow leather headrests have been installed
-Next stop destination displays and speakers have been installed
-New two part led displays have been added to the front
-Wifi has been installed

New interior and exterior vinyls are to be fitted when all vehicles are ready

Solo 461 has had an LED blind fitted and has now moved to the Derby depot.

Centenary eclipse 724 is now at Sutton on the next leg of its depot tour. Solar 681 has moved to Langley Mill in its place.

Now that versa 826 has returned from Optare, solar 671 is now at Nottingham. This is thought to have replaced 635 which is believed to be going onto the Ilkeston Flyer, as, along with the H1, the frequency is to increase to every 15 minutes due to competition on both routes from yourbus.

452 is the first of four solos to be prepared for 'zoom' between Long Eaton and Derby, in retaliation to yourbus' Y5 service. To see a preview of the design, and more information about the service, see this page on the trent barton website here.

Big changes are upcoming to the Long Eaton area services:
-As mentioned, a new zoom service will follow the indigo route between Long Eaton and Borrowash before 'zooming' along the A52 into Derby
-The skylink shorts will be withdrawn
-Indigo will no longer serve New or Old Sawley with the exception of a few peak time runs
-Indigo will run every five minutes between Beeston and Nottingham
-Indigo will run every ten minutes between Long Eaton and Nottingham and every five minutes at peak times
-The frequency of Briar Gate and Derby indigos are unchanged
-A new 'Sawley Express' service will start. This will follow the skylink route as far as Long Eaton before serving both Old and New Sawley. This will run hourly.

I *think* Indigo's PVR will decrease from 23 to 20. This will possibly result in two volvos being branded for Sawley Express, if not I'd imagine the two MAN centros will be used.