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RE: First Manchester

(17/04/2014 00:29)Mayneway Wrote:  Very interesting.
There's been rumours flying around for months suggesting Dukinfield would become 100% single deck and 100% low floor. Good news regarding the low floor bit and the arrival of such a large number of new vehicles after years of neglect and underinvestment but I still think getting rid of all the B9's is a step backwards. At the very least some journeys at peak need double deckers.

What would happen regarding schools? And how soon are these 17 Streetlites due?

These new streetlites for Dukinfield are arriving off the boat being delivered to Bolton Depot checked over then delivered to pioneer, also some are being sent from Bolton to Queens Road for checks and modifications if needed, as they are also doing the same with Rusholme's latest batch of streetlites,before being sent to the allocated depots.

Myself I think it's a good thing fleet wise for pioneer, 16 new streetlites now turned into 17 puts pioneer up with Bolton and Oldham and Rusholme in terms of a young fleet.