First Manchester

[AlexBus12]

RE: First Manchester
Quite a lot of bury buses now at Bolton have lost their depot stickers, didn't think Bolton would start doing it that fast

[WWH44L]

RE: First Manchester

(24/04/2017 09:50)Alexw12 Wrote:  Quite a lot of bury buses now at Bolton have lost their depot stickers, didn't think Bolton would start doing it that fast

Did you get any fleetnumbers? Ones I've seen from photos etc include:
37387/406/18/29/31/43/71/551
66860/4/70/3/919, 69135/6/8/66/86
Trainer 60640

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester
Few bits from Ashton. Couple of Oldham vehicles spotted on pioneer services yesterday (Sunday) most notably an Enviro300 on the 39 Ashton circular.

Everything looked normalise when I passed through today. I did notice a Streetlite on the 346 with first Manchester legals and no on hire notices and most surprisingly former pioneer Streetlite on the 409.... yes the 409 with pioneer legals. Is the idea that everything will be run on the Manchester licence or are the pioneer ops staying separate?

[acocker96]

RE: First Manchester
I've just seen on a friends Snapchat an ALX400 being towed by a FAM recovery truck, not sure where it was taken but i didn't see any fleet numbers.

[WhiteVanMan]

RE: First Manchester
I been out and about today, here is a list of Buses and the routes, which they were seen on today.

Service 8
33720, 37420, 37426, 37554, 66870.

Service 17
37284, 37369, 37396, 37421, 37442, 37464, 66910.

Service 18
39207, 39216, 39219, 69326.

Service 22
66895.

Service 36
33734, 37419.

Service 37
33729, 66899, 69148.

Service 42
37290, 40334, 69328.

Service 59
30961, 37546, 60283.

Service 67
37398, 37441.

Service 81
30936, 67403, 67407.

Service 88
66890.

Service 93
69176, 69177, 69420.

Service 95
66864, 69166.

Service 97/98
66834, 66836, 66858, 66897, 66905, 66911, 66923, 66928, 66931, 69199, 69202, 69325.

Service 100
37385, 37424.

Service 135
37285, 37288, 37289, 37303, 37392, 37399, 37414, 37423, 37439, 37443.

Service 163
33721, 37388, 37403, 37407, 37408, 37410, 37418, 37425, 37429, 37430, 37435, 37447, 66909, 69156.

Service 468
66907, 66930, 69135, 69144, 69164.

Service 471
12002, 12003, 12005, 12008, 12009, 12010, 12011, 12012, 12017, 37422, 69141, 69143, 69161.

Service 472/474
37387, 37406, 69155, 69158.

Service 501
37434, 67405, 67410, 69145.

Service 511
37443.

Service 519/520
62241, 66848, 66860.

Service 524
37397, 66861, 66904, 69136, 69150, 69152, 69157, 69159.

Service 561/562
37401, 69151.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: First Manchester
Have all the Ashton routes moved to Oldham and what routes have Bolton and Manchester taken on?

[SF07]

RE: First Manchester
Spotted a 471-branded B9TL (37393) operating on the 67 on Monday evening, while a 582-branded B7RLE was operating on an evening 135 journey. In Oldham, Citaros seen on several 58/59 journeys, while an Enviro400 was on the 350 in the evening. Service 340 was operated by a Streetlite.

[Mayneway]

RE: First Manchester

(24/04/2017 20:55)T42 PVM Wrote:  Have all the Ashton routes moved to Oldham and what routes have Bolton and Manchester taken on?

Yes I think most if not all of Dukinfields services, vehicles and drivers have moved to oldham.

[Solo40336]

RE: First Manchester

(25/04/2017 00:07)Mayneway Wrote:  Yes I think most if not all of Dukinfields services, vehicles and drivers have moved to oldham.

At least some of the B9s have moved to Queens Road, with 37464/465 on the 17's yesterday

[AlexBus12]

RE: First Manchester
66906 has lost its bury depot stickers, but is still advertising the old week ticket price