Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(20/11/2013 21:49)Mayneway Wrote:  

(20/11/2013 19:12)gilbert Wrote:  

(20/11/2013 17:32)mic Wrote:  saw 19247 in Ashton on schools and that was a bit loud as well

19247 was the bus that took me to the fireworks display at Woodford on Nov 5th.It sounded all right then although it had to go gingerly down the main road to ultimately reach the final destination due to the volume of parked cars on either side.

To be honest I've never found any of the younger Enviro400's too bad. The noisey cooling fans only seem to effect the older Enviro400s. From the 08's onwards the engines are generally a lot quieter even when accelerating uphill.

Hopefully with the arrival of these new buses over the next few months we can see off the remaining older sheds

The 08 reg's are Euro 4 engines, so will be a bit quieter than the older ones anyway.
Yes the new hybrids will very likely take us a step closer to getting rid of the old Enviro400's, but I don't think there will be so many Enviro400's cascaded this time. I think Stagecoach Manchester may take this opportunity to finally get rid of the S reg MAN's. I also wouldn't be surprised to see a few Enviro400's (of any age) go to Wigan or Middleton.
Another little note, once the 56/07 reg's have gone, there's plenty of 57 reg's at Hyde Road to keep up the noise levels of the Euro 3, which will likely be here for at least another year yet