Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(15/07/2012 18:23)ace Wrote:  

(15/07/2012 17:59)gilbert Wrote:  

(15/07/2012 17:43)mic Wrote:  are they transfers on loans to Hyde Rd and Ashton

The Olympics do not go on for ever so why should they be transfers?

I would think that very much depends on what the plans are for after the Olympics.
There has been talk of Magic Olympians and/or MAN's leaving when the other buses return.
If things are just going to go back to how they were then they would just be loans, but most of the MAN's are now at Stockport, along with 2 old double deckers which surely won't be for the long term. Remember that sometime soon 40 hybrids will come to Stockport on the 192, leaving the current fleet redundant, so it could be that the MAN's will stay until that happens. Then if the Olympians leave, the oldest Hyde Road and Sharston fleet will go Magic, so the end result will mean the main Hyde Road and Sharston fleet return to how they were, Stockport goes almost totally double decker, and the now spare Ashton ALX300's could be transferred to Hyde Road to replace their MAN's.
I would think Stagecoach are probably planning well ahead, so the chances are very few of them will return to Stockport.

thanks for the repley will be in Ashton on way to work so will keep a look out at 347 route tommorrow