Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[PO59 MXJ]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
21262 was on the X8 today

[buses7675 (Website Founder)]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
21262 was in Gillmoss the other day I think so must have gone back over.

[gka472l]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
Right, just on the off chance someone spots 10804 tomorrow or Friday and know it's workings, I would very much appreciate it if you could post on here as I'm keen to get a shot before it leaves our area.....with the new batch of Gillmoss MMC's arriving imminently (two there already?), there's a comment on the Stagecoach Enthusiasts facebook group that they may displace the Cambridge MMC's to their proper home so time is running out to get the last one lol!!

Ta muchly!

[326VFM]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(18/01/2017 21:54)gka472l Wrote:  Right, just on the off chance someone spots 10804 tomorrow or Friday and know it's workings, I would very much appreciate it if you could post on here as I'm keen to get a shot before it leaves our area.....with the new batch of Gillmoss MMC's arriving imminently (two there already?), there's a comment on the Stagecoach Enthusiasts facebook group that they may displace the Cambridge MMC's to their proper home so time is running out to get the last one lol!!

Ta muchly!

I'm going to Birkenhead and Liverpool on Friday. I've noticed that purple colours used on route X8 all the week. I've got loads of shot photo, mostly were green and grey lively. I need bit more purple one to catch up. Unfortunately I have not shot photo of 10808 and 10809 already gone to Cambridge.

[chester285]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(18/01/2017 21:04)buses7675 Wrote:  21262 was in Gillmoss the other day I think so must have gone back over.

It was back in Chester yesterday showing metrolink on its destination, 21260 was on the X3 earlier on in the week!

[326VFM]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(18/01/2017 22:43)chester285 Wrote:  It was back in Chester yesterday showing metrolink on its destination, 21260 was on the X3 earlier on in the week!

I do remembered that brand new Park and Ride MMC 200 which is start into service on Sunday Morning, before to start enter service some of them have come up with Metrolink on its destination blind.

[gka472l]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral
10797 now working from Chester, left Liverpool a short while ago on the X8

[gka472l]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(18/01/2017 22:33)326VFM Wrote:  I'm going to Birkenhead and Liverpool on Friday. I've noticed that purple colours used on route X8 all the week. I've got loads of shot photo, mostly were green and grey lively. I need bit more purple one to catch up. Unfortunately I have not shot photo of 10808 and 10809 already gone to Cambridge.

Got 10804 today, did involve a bit of hanging round by the tunnel but it turned up eventually :-) I suspect (from reading elsewhere) that potentially the new MMC's that have started delivery to Gillmoss could enable the Cambridge ones to head there very soon with the GM ones going on to the 2 & X8.....guess we'll have to wait and see!
10804 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/32256546062

HTH

[Barney]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(19/01/2017 19:12)gka472l Wrote:  Got 10804 today, did involve a bit of hanging round by the tunnel but it turned up eventually :-) I suspect (from reading elsewhere) that potentially the new MMC's that have started delivery to Gillmoss could enable the Cambridge ones to head there very soon with the GM ones going on to the 2 & X8.....guess we'll have to wait and see!
10804 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/32256546062

HTH

For the first few months of operation, the X8's loadings were not particularly impressive and there were rumours that Stagecoach were thinking of withdrawing the service. Two years on and it now has deckers on it, albeit only during the closure of of the Wirral line, and now there is talk of it getting its own dedicated new MMC 400's. This is exactly what happened when Stagecoach introduced the X2 Liverpool-Preston service about ten years ago. It's definitely a case of build it and they will come.

[chester285]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(19/01/2017 20:49)Barney Wrote:  For the first few months of operation, the X8's loadings were not particularly impressive and there were rumours that Stagecoach were thinking of withdrawing the service. Two years on and it now has deckers on it, albeit only during the closure of of the Wirral line, and now there is talk of it getting its own dedicated new MMC 400's. This is exactly what happened when Stagecoach introduced the X2 Liverpool-Preston service about ten years ago. It's definitely a case of build it and they will come.

It will be interesting to see if this true and the X8 is getting upgraded, one hopes that if it is, there will be better branding for the route, the current branding isn't the best, incidentally its been posted on another thread that 27779 has been seen repainted and devoid of X8 branding.... so only time will tell