Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[james solomon]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
Period 11 is live on my site

[SF07]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
Spotted an Enviro200 operating on the 118 route today with route branding for the 112/114/118 services stating 'Moston to Manchester up to every 5 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime'. Should imagine we will see more buses adopting the branding soon.

[ace]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(02/03/2015 22:32)mbonwick Wrote:  Not so sure its down to the amount of work done back then on it (yes it was the 2005 Carlisle flood it got caught in) as Morecambe have withdrawn 22806 due to being a 'bad' un.
Suspect its more that 22808/819 are a pair of good'uns (or nobody has realised that they aren't DDA compliant yet!)

Or possible replacements for 20982/3

[John I]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(06/03/2015 20:55)Dentonian Wrote:  No. There would have been ample number MANs in the fleet (nationally, apart from locally) to replace these before now, and I believe there is a particular reason for high-floor buses to be used on the contract. Its either due to capacity (specifically standees) or low floors scraping the road on part of the route.

20983 seen in Sale this afternoon possibly on driver training.

[Metroline1511]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(06/03/2015 19:50)SF07 Wrote:  Spotted an Enviro200 operating on the 118 route today with route branding for the 112/114/118 services stating 'Moston to Manchester up to every 5 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime'. Should imagine we will see more buses adopting the branding soon.

Yes, it would make sense to extend this branding to other buses on this corridor. For food measure, plugging this frequency may be intended in part to encourage people to buy Stagecoach Middleton tickets and avoid First routes 88 and 89 here!

Last Saturday I rode Enviro400-MMC 10424 on route 101. As the sloped upper-deck front window is straighter than that of traditional Enviro400s, it seemed a more natural successor to President bodywork. There is also a darker blue colour there too.

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(06/03/2015 20:55)Dentonian Wrote:  No. There would have been ample number MANs in the fleet (nationally, apart from locally) to replace these before now, and I believe there is a particular reason for high-floor buses to be used on the contract. Its either due to capacity (specifically standees) or low floors scraping the road on part of the route.

It's actually due to the tightness of Broadbottom bridge. The rear overhang of a MAN wouldn't make it. It's been tried many times over the years with the bridge coming off best

Capacity is also a factor as every school pupil using the service must have a seat.

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(07/03/2015 09:11)Metroline1511 Wrote:  Yes, it would make sense to extend this branding to other buses on this corridor. For food measure, plugging this frequency may be intended in part to encourage people to buy Stagecoach Middleton tickets and avoid First routes 88 and 89 here!

Last Saturday I rode Enviro400-MMC 10424 on route 101. As the sloped upper-deck front window is straighter than that of traditional Enviro400s, it seemed a more natural successor to President bodywork. There is also a darker blue colour there too.

When I was told about the branding of vehicles at Middleton I cringed, but actually it looks quite good. Not as bold as the branding used on the 76 and 38 vehicles.

[Owl]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(07/03/2015 09:33)Mayneway Wrote:  When I was told about the branding of vehicles at Middleton I cringed, but actually it looks quite good. Not as bold as the branding used on the 76 and 38 vehicles.

Yes, I saw one this morning, and it does look quite good. In fact it might be a bit too subtle, as it does not leap out at you.

[8860Brian]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(07/03/2015 09:31)Mayneway Wrote:  It's actually due to the tightness of Broadbottom bridge. The rear overhang of a MAN wouldn't make it. It's been tried many times over the years with the bridge coming off best

Capacity is also a factor as every school pupil using the service must have a seat.

For anyone not familiar with Broadbottom Bridge I have a couple of views that illustrate the problem on here.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/70966383@N...HbU-dvuo6t

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70966383@N...RmY-d9PKir

Brian

[robertclark125]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(07/03/2015 14:53)8860Brian Wrote:  For anyone not familiar with Broadbottom Bridge I have a couple of views that illustrate the problem on here.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/70966383@N...HbU-dvuo6t

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70966383@N...RmY-d9PKir

Brian

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