Stagecoach Manchester

[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.