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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(16/03/2014 18:52)Metroline1511 Wrote:  Middleton may well have gained route 171 at around the same time as losing route X5 to Stockport.

With both routes 197 and 219 using some standard Enviro400s, it seems that there are insufficient working E400Hs for route 50.

Middleton gained the 171 in September 2013. At the same time, the X5 transferred to Stockport and the 291 transferred to Hyde Road.
I think the most likely explanation for the increase in standard Enviro400's on the 197 and 219, along with still a few on the 50, is that the hybrids are being spread around other routes to see how they will cope, as in future years, Stagecoach will be applying for further Green Bus Funding and they will have to give some assurance that the routes they say are suitable for the hybrids.