Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[ant17612]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(11/06/2020 00:41)ant17612 Wrote:  11517 and 11518 have now been taxed so should be knocking about soon.

These 2 are now on the road, 11520 has been taxed too.

[acocker96]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Is there a specific reason they’re moving hybrids to Magic bus?

[Metroline1511]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(13/06/2020 18:52)acocker96 Wrote:  Is there a specific reason they’re moving hybrids to Magic bus?

I think there is a low-emission zone coming for Manchester, effecting the Oxford Road area in particular. This would make the typically 57/08-reg Enviro400s currently on Magic Bus services non-compliant.

[Mrboo]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(13/06/2020 18:52)acocker96 Wrote:  Is there a specific reason they’re moving hybrids to Magic bus?

Stagecoach has gone and got very eco-friendly buses to run alongside there old buses looks bad would you say. So by moving them to magic bus it looks like they are thinking about Oxford road and Stockport road both there main routes out of Manchester.

Makes Go North West the bad ones now

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(14/06/2020 07:47)Mrboo Wrote:  Stagecoach has gone and got very eco-friendly buses to run alongside there old buses looks bad would you say. So by moving them to magic bus it looks like they are thinking about Oxford road and Stockport road both there main routes out of Manchester.

Makes Go North West the bad ones now

Hardly because on the face of it all Stagecoach have done is move all the older magic buses - which will presumably be painted up in the new livery, to depots that don’t have routes that go into these low emmmision zones like Ashton which is suddenly operating most of its routes using magic buses!

[acocker96]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(14/06/2020 07:09)Metroline1511 Wrote:  I think there is a low-emission zone coming for Manchester, effecting the Oxford Road area in particular. This would make the typically 57/08-reg Enviro400s currently on Magic Bus services non-compliant.

Thanks, seems like the only change Oxford Road wise is a few less diesels (not a bad thing) as most of those hybrids were probably on Oxford Road routes already. I won’t be using Oxford Road anymore but cleaner air on that road would be a godsend.

[Mrboo]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(14/06/2020 14:42)Mayneway Wrote:  Hardly because on the face of it all Stagecoach have done is move all the older magic buses - which will presumably be painted up in the new livery, to depots that don’t have routes that go into these low emmmision zones like Ashton which is suddenly operating most of its routes using magic buses!

it is worth reminding that we are in Summer now so magic buses always endup on any route not on oxford road as they use them so they can get MOTs and pre MOTs work done on Standard buses before they are needed back for freshers week.

[Owl]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(15/06/2020 11:26)Mrboo Wrote:  it is worth reminding that we are in Summer now so magic buses always endup on any route not on oxford road as they use themc so they can get MOTs and pre MOTs work done on Standard buses before they are needed back for freshers week.

Noted one near Middleton Depot today.

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
what's up with 11255 and where has 11505 gone to?

[gka472l]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(15/06/2020 16:37)gilbert Wrote:  what's up with 11255 and where has 11505 gone to?

11505 is receiving bodywork attention over at Rock Ferry depot in Merseyside....have seen a pic sent from a driver friend there.

HTH