First Manchester

[joe_alker]

RE: First Manchester

(12/12/2013 20:43)james Wrote:  

(12/12/2013 18:04)joe_alker Wrote:  Strange allocations today, 31929 on 389, 40403 on 331, 40325, 42944/5 on 348 & 350

joe 929/403 are common on 331/389 929 has been on it last 7 outof8 days
the marshall darts are now mainly on 346 and circulars
with 42944/5 replacing 37453/4 so will go on 350s whilst we are still 3 b9s short
atm the 348/350 is a 17 vehicle allocation with an extra (usually an oly) coming on after schools
atm we have 14 b9s on the road so are scraping 3 other vehicles

31929 yes I know is usually on that route but it's still always a surprise to see it out and about. 40403 has only just come back into service and therefore is surprising to see it out so frequently.
Talking of being short of B9s, I really think we could do with a lot more B9s or even B7s, just get some more double deckers for the circulars, they can get surprisingly busy especially at peak times.
At the very least we could have some new single-deckers. New as in 63-reg. With leather seats. Not new as in newly transferred 56-reg Darts