Cumfybus

[MX12CFE]

RE: Cumfybus

(14/09/2012 16:59)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  As mentioned earlier,MX60 BWY, Which is actually ex- ACE Travel 723!

Wonder if MX60BWZ will end up here too?

[Quackdave]

RE: Cumfybus

(14/09/2012 15:18)V671 DVU Wrote:  I have seen UEM recently in service on the 139, it's gained the new style logos so it should stick around for a bit yet!

Cheers for that! It was on there again today, along with H12 CFY and X173 NWR. Meanwhile, in Formby, MX55 WDG was on the circulars along with MX55 WDE, and in Southport, MX55 WDD was on the 15 along with EH06 UNY. MX04 VME was on the 40, and Alero YS02 UCE was out and about, presumably on Merseylink work.

At Kirkby, the front end of X177 NWR is not visible; S248 KNL appears intact. One that was a complete surprise to me is KB51 CGU! This one has a SORN until 01-DEC-12. It is yellow, but it appears that this may be because its previous owner used a yellow livery virtually identical to Cumfybus's, as seen in this photo by Steve Thomas. The two Tridents at Kirkby are confirmed as X661 and X664. I had hoped to be able to see more through the rear fence by going into the woodland behind the yard, but sadly that is fenced off part way in.

(Incidentally, there's a silver Alero, YN53-something, with no destination box, parked by the roadside very nearby, but this may be a coincidence and have nothing to do with Cumfybus.)

Anyway... re the crashed Solo, it occurs to me that we're forgetting a fairly major possibility, namely that it's been repaired! After all, the Pulsar was, and one would expect the degree of damage to be similar. On this note, X173 NWR which I saw in service today, has a fully yellow front end, including between the headlights. The most recent photograph of it that I can find online, by Ray Parnaby, dated 31st March (two days before the collision), shows it with a black section and Optare logo between the headlights.

So, my guess is that it was X173 NWR that crashed. But as V671 says, we may never know for sure!

[M113 YKC]

RE: Cumfybus

(14/09/2012 15:18)V671 DVU Wrote:  

(13/09/2012 22:03)Quackdave Wrote:  So, does anyone have any recent observations of 173, 174 or UEM?

I have seen UEM recently in service on the 139, it's gained the new style logos so it should stick around for a bit yet!

It was on the 139 yesterday:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael2770...otostream/

[Merseyrail 507/508]

RE: Cumfybus
Had the pleasure of a Hybrid Solo YJ12 GXL yesterday unusually on the 193 and another sighted on the 139.

[P450 SWX]

RE: Cumfybus
White Enviro200 parked in Cumfybus wirral yard as we speak wounder if this will used on Job Link or the 901 there due to start

[First Class]

RE: Cumfybus
Anyone know when the Broughton buses are due up for retender?

They use small Solos on these, and they are usually quite full- a lot of people asleep on them though!

£1.10 for a 2 hour journey (811- Leasowe-Broughton) is very good value though, just a bit painful on the smaller buses! Shame Merseytravel don't allow TRIO/SOLO/Saveaway on their tendered services outside the area...

Enviro 200s would be absolutely ideal!

[P450 SWX]

RE: Cumfybus
I thought October but dunno

[MX12CFE]

RE: Cumfybus

(16/09/2012 17:17)P450 SWX Wrote:  White Enviro200 parked in Cumfybus wirral yard as we speak wounder if this will used on Job Link or the 901 there due to start

Was this MX60 BWY or have cumfy aquired another one as MX60 BWY was parked up in aintree atherton rd depot yesterday still with its paper route 152 destinations in the windscreen.

[P450 SWX]

RE: Cumfybus
Could not ID could just see roof from Moreton Station bridge

[mathias]

RE: Cumfybus

(15/09/2012 18:42)Quackdave Wrote:  Anyway... re the crashed Solo, it occurs to me that we're forgetting a fairly major possibility, namely that it's been repaired! After all, the Pulsar was, and one would expect the degree of damage to be similar. On this note, X173 NWR which I saw in service today, has a fully yellow front end, including between the headlights. The most recent photograph of it that I can find online, by Ray Parnaby, dated 31st March (two days before the collision), shows it with a black section and Optare logo between the headlights.

Got talking to the driver of an MX53-reg Solo, asking about the damage to the crashed bus.
He said the Solo in question "wasn't a new one" and that it was "like this one" and that the driver was in trouble. I asked again about the bus and was told "Oh, that would've been repaired by now."

(X173 NWR) then? Hmm...very possibly.....