D&G Bus

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(24/01/2026 16:40)knutstransport Wrote:  Are they new or existing ones? I thought the only 16 plate Solos were 165 (currently double tracking on two Macclesfield routes) and 3015 (currently not tracking).

In timetable news the 130 is being extended to the airport again, with a 25 minute turnaround there, so that will increase the PVR to 4.

New to DG solos they'll be

[knutstransport]

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I'm presuming Macc don't have fitters who can repair destination displays. 122 is running around without a working front one, while I've seen 129 a few times with it's rear display blank.

[Metroline1511]

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(24/01/2026 16:40)knutstransport Wrote:  Are they new or existing ones? I thought the only 16 plate Solos were 165 (currently double tracking on two Macclesfield routes) and 3015 (currently not tracking).

In timetable news the 130 is being extended to the airport again, with a 25 minute turnaround there, so that will increase the PVR to 4.

I rode 3015 on route 42 yesterday.

In Newcastle-under-Lyme I saw Evoras as expected on route 9, but also on routes 1/1a which I didn't know had also received them. Maybe D&G see enough of a future in the Potteries to be willing to stay in the area, speculating on First eventually pulling out?

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To give my itin with D&G, I shall clarify that I caught a Northern train to Crewe (331 107) then trams home from Wythenshawe (3046 then 3066), and caught D&G buses as follows :-

85 Newcastle-under-Lyme - Streetlite 55
94 Congleton - MetroCity 165
42 Crewe - Solo SR 3015
38 Macclesfield - Evora 6015
130 Wythenshawe - Solo SR 165

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A solo on the 42 is rare, but 3015 has tracked on it twice last week.

Yeah D&G have "Orange 1" Evoras now. The Enviro 200s and Solos have moved to other routes. 113 has the new D&G livery and has moved to Macclesfield, despite it's age and D&G normally not rushing to do any repaints. A couple of years ago there were two Orange 1 Solos operating in Cheshire, and it was months before they got repainted.

[Metroline1511]

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(01/02/2026 19:22)knutstransport Wrote:  A solo on the 42 is rare, but 3015 has tracked on it twice last week.

Yeah D&G have "Orange 1" Evoras now. The Enviro 200s and Solos have moved to other routes. 113 has the new D&G livery and has moved to Macclesfield, despite it's age and D&G normally not rushing to do any repaints. A couple of years ago there were two Orange 1 Solos operating in Cheshire, and it was months before they got repainted.

The other bus I saw on route 42 last Saturday was an ordinary Enviro 200.

In a way I wish I'd been on that bus, so that all my 5 buses were of different types.

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(Today 10:28)Metroline1511 Wrote:  The other bus I saw on route 42 last Saturday was an ordinary Enviro 200.

In a way I wish I'd been on that bus, so that all my 5 buses were of different types.

The 42 is split between Crewe and Macc - weekdays it's 2 vehicles from Macc and 1 from Crewe, while on Sat it's one from each. I think the normal allocation is a 10.8m Enviro from Crewe, and either MMCs or older Enviros from Macc. I seem to recall someone mentioning the Macc manager was given an instruction to ensure one of the weekday allocations is a vehicle with CCTV, as they don't trust some of the schoolkids using that service.