Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(18/07/2012 22:32)M60lad Wrote:  More odd workings from Stagecoach Manchester today saw Ashton Depot using 28506 on 216 this afternoon and Stockport Depot had 13995 out on 370s this afternoon, the first time a Spectra has been back in service unless someone can probe me wrong, also Hyde Road had 22142 operating on 50s

Yes 28506 is normally on the 345 so that is unusual. I've never known it on the 216 before.
13995 has been back in service a week or two now and I think has maybe worked the 370 the odd time. 22142 was still at Stockport yesterday, so it looks like it's just been moved today.
I suppose we're going to see allsorts going on over the coming weeks as the Olympic buses are away and Stagecoach have to juggle the remaining stock, dealing with various issues such as performance with older buses, etc. And they're not helped when even the remaining newer buses let them down by breaking down, which has happened a few times recently.
Tridents are back in service, but whether they will all last the course of the next 3 months remains to be seen. Some are in a pretty bad way.