First Manchester

[gilesbus1]

RE: First Manchester

(16/04/2019 21:08)M60lad Wrote:  Not to sure how true this is but I've heard the vehicles being transfered are the ex Rusholme Enviro400s & Streetlites that transfered to Oldham when Rusholme closed and I've been told by various people that these vehicles were supposedly part of the deal of Go-Ahead taking on Queens Road Depot

Can't see it personally, a buyer would have no say in what was transferred, it would be based on what was there, also GoAhead have said the newest buses are the Volvo B5LH's and they will undertake an internal refurbishment of them and also presumably now an engine upgrade to Euro 6 at the same time, also in 2020 new buses will be ordered and will appear, but that choice will be based probably on tests of a number of demonstrators, presume these will phase out some older Volvo B7RLE's and also Volvo B9TL's some of which may transfer to other Go Ahead fleets, thought to be East Yorkshire and North East to replace older deckers there. I also think Go Ahead would also benefit from the current fleet situation as the spares bin will be kept simple as all they need are Volvo, Wright and Optare Spares of which Volvo and Wright Spares to some degree are interchangeable between models.

The only way I can see them being any sort of transfer to GoAhead is if at the time of purchase First made some sort of error and included Rusholme routes and its vehicles as part of the sale and there asset value was included in the sale, prior to Rusholme being closed, therefore lowering the book value of the asset that had been sold, but if that is the case all the Volvo B7RLE's and the odd B9TL that have gone the other way would have to return in the opposite direction, or age equivalent examples.