Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(21/05/2016 10:07)joe_alker Wrote:  First's investment in Dukinfield consisted of some awful Streetlites replacing B9TLs two years ago. I doubt this is a direct response to that, more a thing where the buses we do have are much past their best and would be better off down south where they are needed to replace Olympians.

If AZ does get it's 30/31 MMCs, and also gets the 20 MAN engined Enviros like was previewsly suggested, that would replace the vast majority of the double decker allocation unless the single deckers are being moved on, as there is little need for them and they cause problems with overcrowding on most routes they are allocated on at peak times (347's and the Enviro200s, 346's and Solos etc)

Regardless of vehicle type the overall age of the fleet at Dukinfield has reduced significantly with the arrival of the Streetlites. Don't forget for many years Tameside has seen very little investment in terms of buses espically at Dukinfield which was the dumping ground for all the sheds then when stagecoach opened Ashton depot it was hardly furnished with young buses and when you compare the amount of investment Stockport has had over recent years then it's about time Ashton had some decent investment, but as you say it's probably got very little to do with the Streetlites at Dukinfield.

I don't think Ashton will get the 20 MAN engined Enviro400's. The speculation a while ago was that this batch of MMCs were infact for Stockport with the MAN Enviro400's being moved to Ashton to replace the 56/07 reg examples but it was obviously specualtion as Stockport is supposedly only getting 10 MMC's.