First Manchester

[M60lad]

RE: First Manchester
For anyone interested and wondered which way Enviro 400 would have gone on 415 to get to/from Oldham-Middleton then I will explain:

Normal route as far as Foxdenton Lane/Grimshaw Lane Railway Bridge
Left onto Broadgate
Right onto Broadway
Right onto Victoria Avenue
Right onto Greengate
Left onto Mainway East

And same route back in reverse, I must say a decker on a 415 is extremely rare these days and it did used to be the case that they were banned from the route but I know Oldham are struggling for vehicles on the route at the moment and it seems that with First are trying now to cut down on all lost mileage so rather than drop a particular duty by not having an appropriate vehicle available they decided to keep it running by using the non-standard vehicle and the appropriate diversion