Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[WhiteVanMan]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(02/04/2016 19:06)mbonwick Wrote:  It was reported elsewhere, just not on here.
33866 back to its original plate of VX05 TZO
33867 reregistered to GW55 XPX

This is the first, that I have heard (or seen) anything about them being re-registered.

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(02/04/2016 20:15)Dentonian Wrote:  Slight correction; 49896 has been reported at WN, but its the only one. Its either 49894 or 49895 at HE.

I've been back through the Facebook group where the photos were posted early last week but there's photos of 49893/4 and 49896 all parked up at Wigan. From the comments connected to the photos 49895 is also there but there's no photo of that to confirm. Again from the comments it would seem the others are still in use at Middleton for now.

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(02/04/2016 21:01)WhiteVanMan Wrote:  This is the first, that I have heard (or seen) anything about them being re-registered.

It does seem to have slipped off the radar slightly most probably because they have been re-registered at the end of there stagecoach life and not during it.
Steven knight media reported some weeks back that 33867 had been spotted deep inside Daw Bank with it's new identity but as 33866 has been sat at Wigan for a while minus a front or rear plate it's probably just gone unnoticed.

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Sharston making there mark on the 168/169 today with at least 2 MMC's being used. I didn't have chance to ID them but both were 64 platers.

Also not sure if there's been some re-writting at Ashton but there seemed to be a very big Hybrid presence on 236/237 today. I'm
Quite familiar with these workings and it's quite rare to see Hybrids in Glossop during the day even on a Sunday. But it seemed like every 236 was worked by a hybrid. Have they gained any more hybrids off HE over weekend?

[Metroline1511]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Not entirely out of the ordinary, but route 330 had examples of E400H and Enviro200 alongside Enviro400 today.

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(03/04/2016 18:56)Metroline1511 Wrote:  Not entirely out of the ordinary, but route 330 had examples of E400H and Enviro200 alongside Enviro400 today.

You do normally get the odd hybrid on the Glossop runs along with odd Enviro200's - the Enviro200's somehow interworked with the 408, but today the 236 was virtually all hybrids.

[acocker96]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(03/04/2016 17:39)Mayneway Wrote:  Sharston making there mark on the 168/169 today with at least 2 MMC's being used. I didn't have chance to ID them but both were 64 platers.

MMC's keep appearing on the 76A's nearly everyday and are common on the 74 evenings and Sunday's. I've been trying to catch one for weeks but each time I get near they seem to be very slippery. Tridents and Hybrids appear on the 76A's every few days as well. Not sure why its the 76A and not the 76 which is attracting the oddities though.

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(03/04/2016 19:44)acocker96 Wrote:  MMC's keep appearing on the 76A's nearly everyday and are common on the 74 evenings and Sunday's. I've been trying to catch one for weeks but each time I get near they seem to be very slippery. Tridents and Hybrids appear on the 76A's every few days as well. Not sure why its the 76A and not the 76 which is attracting the oddities though.

It will be interesting to see what turns up on the 168/169 tomorrow with it being the first week day Sharston have operated it - and where HE's Tridents turn up unless any have moved to Sharston.

[acocker96]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(03/04/2016 20:24)Mayneway Wrote:  It will be interesting to see what turns up on the 168/169 tomorrow with it being the first week day Sharston have operated it - and where HE's Tridents turn up unless any have moved to Sharston.

I reckon some will appear on the 76/A, that 2 door 141 trident which was spotted in Oldham a few weeks ago I managed to get on it on the way back from college.

[Owl]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(02/04/2016 20:12)Mayneway Wrote:  This is what my mate from Middleton reckons is the case, but soon after the sale of Bluebird to Stagecoach 3 or 4 of the former vehicles lost thier cherished 'blu' marks in favour of standard registrations with the plates being retained by Mr Dubstan as part of the deal.
Surly if he had wanted further cherished registrations he would have taken them at the time instead of several years later. Further more why have the two mentioned above been taken off buses and retained yet the 'blu' marks on the Evolutions have been left on and Presumsbly will be sold like that?

I agree that is odd. The vehicles that were re-registered all had distinctive plates (1 BLU; 196 BLU; 284 BLU and 360 BLU), and all were re-registered quite quickly. As well as the Evolutions there are also three of the Enviro 200s and three Solos with "BLU" plates, plus a number of the disposals to Ensign that took place some time ago, that do not appear to have been re-registered.