Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

[Merseysidebusenthusiast]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising
Found this post of some new E200MMC's on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=102...4770101092
Presume they're for St Helens or Birkenhead.

[gka472l]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(29/04/2026 15:23)Merseysidebusenthusiast Wrote:  Found this post of some new E200MMC's on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=102...4770101092
Presume they're for St Helens or Birkenhead.

St Helens as they are Stagecoach fleetnumbers.

[Olympian2100]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(29/04/2026 15:23)Merseysidebusenthusiast Wrote:  Found this post of some new E200MMC's on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=102...4770101092
Presume they're for St Helens or Birkenhead.

What seating capacity are they, as they look slightly smaller than the 74 reg ones at Southport?

[gka472l]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(30/04/2026 14:36)Olympian2100 Wrote:  What seating capacity are they, as they look slightly smaller than the 74 reg ones at Southport?

Not sure on seating capacity, however there are two lengths ordered that I know of....

37651-37683 10.8m
and some 9m ones which *should* be 37634-37646

No idea on how many, and what lengths for Birkenhead (Go Ahead)

HTH

[Olympian2100]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(30/04/2026 15:39)gka472l Wrote:  Not sure on seating capacity, however there are two lengths ordered that I know of....

37651-37683 10.8m
and some 9m ones which *should* be 37634-37646

No idea on how many, and what lengths for Birkenhead (Go Ahead)

HTH

Thanks very much.

[KX03 KYY]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(30/04/2026 15:39)gka472l Wrote:  Not sure on seating capacity, however there are two lengths ordered that I know of....

37651-37683 10.8m
and some 9m ones which *should* be 37634-37646

No idea on how many, and what lengths for Birkenhead (Go Ahead)

HTH

Shouldn't the 10.8's be 26*** or has Stagecoach changed this for all MMCs to be 37*** series

[W176 XMA]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(01/05/2026 07:32)KX03 KYY Wrote:  Shouldn't the 10.8's be 26*** or has Stagecoach changed this for all MMCs to be 37*** series

12m 6 cylinder models are 26s

[gka472l]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising
Confirmation on ADL's Facebook page that there are 109 E200MMC's on order, with 46 known to be for St Helens (Stagecoach), that leaves 63 assumed to be for Birkenhead (Go Ahead)

https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderDennis...SGtT2w2Bpl

HTH

[KX03 KYY]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(01/05/2026 17:38)gka472l Wrote:  Confirmation on ADL's Facebook page that there are 109 E200MMC's on order, with 46 known to be for St Helens (Stagecoach), that leaves 63 assumed to be for Birkenhead (Go Ahead)

https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderDennis...SGtT2w2Bpl

HTH

Unless some are for another depot in the next tranch just ordered early as 63 for Birkenhead seems way too many

[gka472l]

RE: Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising

(Yesterday 19:16)KX03 KYY Wrote:  Unless some are for another depot in the next tranch just ordered early as 63 for Birkenhead seems way too many

63 is probably about right.....Laird Street currently has 31 single decks (2750-2765 & 6000-5/16-24) and Stagecoach has around 20, then you have the routes operated by smaller operators currently, which will transfer to Laird Street at franchising, plus the 50 Wright Ultroliners for double deck routes, which would make 113 for LS.....which is around the amount of expected new buses on order for there (someone put around 112 elsewhere....)