Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[YSV-205]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(22/09/2012 21:11)Metroline1511 Wrote:  As there are a few ex-London Tridents at Stockport now, including examples on routes 22 and 378 yesterday afternoon, it seems these will displace some MANs. I reckon these could be a stop-gap measure until Hybrid Enviro400s for route 192.

Hi all, I have only joined in the last week or so. Hope I am doing this right (someone please tell me if I am not). I saw Trident 17241 doing the 368 today as I left work along Bird Hall Ln in Cheadle Heath at 1655. Will the Tridents change to Magic Bus once the Olympians are removed?

[mic]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(26/09/2012 20:17)YSV-205 Wrote:  

(22/09/2012 21:11)Metroline1511 Wrote:  As there are a few ex-London Tridents at Stockport now, including examples on routes 22 and 378 yesterday afternoon, it seems these will displace some MANs. I reckon these could be a stop-gap measure until Hybrid Enviro400s for route 192.

Hi all, I have only joined in the last week or so. Hope I am doing this right (someone please tell me if I am not). I saw Trident 17241 doing the 368 today as I left work along Bird Hall Ln in Cheadle Heath at 1655. Will the Tridents change to Magic Bus once the Olympians are removed?

there has been talk of this batch going into magic bus blue not sure when i think all bar 2 are at Stockport as they are getting Hybrid buses soon

[mbonwick]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
That was the original plan I think, but things have been delayed/changed it seems.

Will be interesting to see what the E400Hs displace.

Thanks for the email btw mic, much appreciated.

[Benzo]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(26/09/2012 19:41)mic Wrote:  

(26/09/2012 19:34)Mayneway Wrote:  The MANs on the 216 were most probably the two ST based ones. Unless im wrong ST always allocate MANs to them. I noticed both this morning on a break in Ashton.

A few MANs have also crept back onto the 236/7 over the last few days. Last week virtually all 236/7s were done with Enviro200/400'S, but both the 236 & 237 had at least one MAN on each today, although 22189 which i travelled on yesterday on the 237 didn't manage the hills very well!

I noticed today that some daytime 346/347's were still being operated with Enviro400s, are all 15 of the Enviro200's back at AZ?

And even stranger, this morning i spotted 33174 on the 217, only its side and rear destination displays only had '7' displayed which could be a bit confusing - not like Stagecoach to have a bus out with defective destination displays.

yes all 36416 to 30 are back at AZ mans there from latest fleet list are 22184/85/86/89

22151/56 still in service too as ive seen them both on the 237 evening trips and 156 on the 183 yesterday

22165/67/80/83 presumably been transferred to Hyde Road to replace the 4 S reg's that have gone shartson

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(26/09/2012 19:57)ace Wrote:  

(26/09/2012 19:34)Mayneway Wrote:  The MANs on the 216 were most probably the two ST based ones. Unless im wrong ST always allocate MANs to them.

They do use Enviro400's sometimes. 19255 was operating it on Saturday, but more often than not they do use MAN's.

Id forgotten about Saturdays
I don't work Saturdays so am never around to see what's what, but certainly Monday - Friday it tends to be MANs that work the two boards.

[ace]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(26/09/2012 20:46)mbonwick Wrote:  That was the original plan I think, but things have been delayed/changed it seems.

Will be interesting to see what the E400Hs displace.

Thanks for the email btw mic, much appreciated.

I think the original plan was for the E400H's to replace the remainder of the MAN's up to X reg and make some services D/D, but again things may have changed by now.

[SF07]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
Noticed a Enviro parked up on the opposite side of the road (parked up facing the wrong way) on Portland Street this afternoon around 5.30pm-ish with 'On Hire to CBS' in the front window. Anyone know what that is all about?

[mic]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
Hybrid 12121 in Oldham on 76 today

[Nicholas]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(27/09/2012 19:47)SF07 Wrote:  Noticed a Enviro parked up on the opposite side of the road (parked up facing the wrong way) on Portland Street this afternoon around 5.30pm-ish with 'On Hire to CBS' in the front window. Anyone know what that is all about?

If it is what I am thinking of, it is a CBS marketing thing. Was it down near the Ibis hotel?

[SF07]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(27/09/2012 19:51)Nicholas Wrote:  

(27/09/2012 19:47)SF07 Wrote:  Noticed a Enviro parked up on the opposite side of the road (parked up facing the wrong way) on Portland Street this afternoon around 5.30pm-ish with 'On Hire to CBS' in the front window. Anyone know what that is all about?

If it is what I am thinking of, it is a CBS marketing thing. Was it down near the Ibis hotel?

Yes, down that end of Portland Street.