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RE: Go North West - GMBN - 17/10/2023 09:46
(17/10/2023 00:37)gka472l Wrote: From a post elsewhere (link here https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160095345132106&set=gm.1684770292047959&idorvanity=1607791126412543 ), first of the loans to return home is Metrobus 6785 GX69EAW, which went back to Crawley yesterday (Monday 16/10).
HTH
6786 has also been returned.
RE: Go North West - M60lad - 18/10/2023 05:23
Is there a reason why these loans are going back considering Bee Network are still short of vehicles? Seems to be daily that Queens Road vehicles are having to be used on Bolton routes
RE: Go North West - GMBN - 18/10/2023 08:00
(18/10/2023 05:23)M60lad Wrote: Is there a reason why these loans are going back considering Bee Network are still short of vehicles? Seems to be daily that Queens Road vehicles are having to be used on Bolton routes
Might have something to do with new e200mmcs arriving freeing up buses are meant to be ran elsewhere.
RE: Go North West - gka472l - 18/10/2023 10:03
(18/10/2023 05:23)M60lad Wrote: Is there a reason why these loans are going back considering Bee Network are still short of vehicles? Seems to be daily that Queens Road vehicles are having to be used on Bolton routes
I think it's because of the deliveries of the 41** SK73** E200MMC's to Wigan so far (52 expected so I hear)
RE: Go North West - T42 PVM - 18/10/2023 10:15
Former Diamond Bus Citaro 6235 BF62 JYT caught fire this morning
RE: Go North West - ManchesterBusEnthusiast - 20/10/2023 20:48
(18/10/2023 10:15)T42 PVM Wrote: Former Diamond Bus Citaro 6235 BF62 JYT caught fire this morning
6235 was back in service today
RE: Go North West - bgbus21 - 21/10/2023 17:13
(20/10/2023 20:48)ManchesterBusEnthusiast Wrote: 6235 was back in service today
It would have been a machine swap, as bustimes says:
Quote:Remember:
Ticket machines IDs don’t always correspond with the actual vehicles they’re attached to. Equipment is often swapped between vehicles.
RE: Go North West - knutstransport - 22/10/2023 17:15
Go North West launching apprentice scheme to recruit drivers:
https://www.wigantoday.net/business/apprenticeship-scheme-launched-to-train-hundreds-of-new-wigan-bus-drivers-4378833
RE: Go North West - efanmthomas - 10/11/2023 21:07
Hi all, quick question to say regarding the Bee Network are GNW still planning to repaint the remining ones that are currently still in Diamond liveries at all please?
RE: Go North West - Metroline1511 - 11/11/2023 07:29
(10/11/2023 21:07)efanmthomas Wrote: Hi all, quick question to say regarding the Bee Network are GNW still planning to repaint the remining ones that are currently still in Diamond liveries at all please?
I expect so, as they are for Bee Network routes. It may just take time to paint them all, especially while keeping sufficient numbers of buses in service.