Stagecoach Manchester

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(28/08/2014 18:48)Dentonian Wrote:  Judging by the use of 'deckers on tendered routes like 317 & 370, it could be argued there is an excess of 'deckers at ST. Conversely, the 317 can struggle when Solos are allocated.

As regards MAN's, I was thinking in terms of the remaining S & T reg examples throughout the company being replaced, rather than the newer ones.

The 347 is a funny one. The Ashton Enviro200s were launched in a blaze of glory back in 2011 by the local MP, Councillor and then Opposition spokesperson for Buses. They were specifically for use on 236/7 & 347. Presumably, not long after, someone realised there was a reason why the 347 (and its antecedents) had been run with double-decker buses, trolleybuses and trams (in reverse order) for the previous eight decades or more, and the Enviro400s crept back on there.

Some of the 'S' reg's sound/run much better than quite a few of the 'X' 's