Stagecoach North West Discussion

[mbonwick]

I thought I saw an OT Trident with 599 either side, it was only a fleeting glimpse from the car last weekend, but I must have been right!

 

[driver9000]

14208 out in Lancaster near the Judges lodgings today, only saw it from the side so unsure what it was working - possibly a 42 that was just about to terminate at the bus station. Apart from that it all looked fairly standard workings.

 

[KendalKing]

Yep, that's palced it for me. I could visualise the unit, but not where it was
Now I know.

What's the current fleet like? Obviously there's the Primo, but what else?

Princess of Kendal Ltd.
Fleet List. (As at 7th April 2009)

No. Registration Chassis Make & Type Body & Seats Notes
BUSES
N657 AEO Mercedes-Benz 609D Onyx B24F (a)
V589 GGS Iveco ‘Turbo Daily’ 35.10 Onyx DP16F (b)
576 KX57 FKW Enterprise ‘Plasma’ EB03 Plaxton ‘Primo’ B28F
226 MX09 HJD Optare ‘Solo’ M880SL Optare B27F

COACHES
SL02 HKX Mercedes-Benz 814D K.V.C. C24F
YX54 BHY Mercedes-Benz ‘Sprinter’ 413CDi Ferqui ‘Soroco’ C16F
SN55 KAA Mercedes-Benz 1018 Unvi ‘Cimo’ C33F
SN06 AAX Mercedes-Benz 814D K.V.C. C28F
MX57 FZD LDV ‘Maxus’ Concept M16

PRIVATE HIRE CAR
PY52 KZE Hyundai ‘Trajet’ Hyundai (c)

Notes
(a) Ex Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire Ltd No 7 in 2008
(b) Ex Poynter, Northampton No 40 in 2008
(c) Ex Private Owner in 2009

 

[driver9000]

14208 currently failed at St.Michaels the Transit support van in attendance. As an edit to my post yesterday it should have been 14204

 

[darrenw29]

22610 just gone past to Thornhill with altered display. Thornhill in small text and via points flashing across the bottom similar to the B10s on the X5, looks good!!

 

[cainebj]

22610 just gone past to Thornhill with altered display. Thornhill in small text and via points flashing across the bottom similar to the B10s on the X5, looks good!!

There's an inspector in the bus station now, updating most of the LED displays. there is now via points scrolling across the bottom on 30, 30A, 31, 31A, 300 and 301.
i have a video clip of the scrolling for Maryport 31 on 22597, which i will upload to Flickr in the next few minutes.

22597 replaced 20752 on 31.
35249 also on 31.
16652, 16653 (looking very nice in its repaint haha), 16654 and 16734 on 300.
20768 on X5.
47617 on 50.
47023 on 51.
33167, 33169 and 34079 on Harrington & Seaton.
20129 is on annexe with "Moorclose Circular 50" on display.
20134 was on the 48.
14257 on staff shuttle, showing Sorry, Not In Service.

 

[jonesy3001]

17012 should be on the road in the next couple of weeks it went for a run out this morning

 

[cainebj]

i've uploaded pics of the scrolling to my flickr. the video is also there, but the quality is really bad, so you can't see what it says
due to the size of the destination screen, and the destination display window, not all of the information on the screen on the Olympians is viewable. on service 300, you can't see the 2nd 0 very well, unless you're on an angle to the bus.

 

[jonesy3001]

i've uploaded pics of the scrolling to my flickr. the video is also there, but the quality is really bad, so you can't see what it says

Most of the lancaster buses have scrolling L.E.D blinds apart from the 3 ex kirby lonsdale solos

 

[cainebj]

scrolling is pretty new at Lillyhall. a while ago, they put it on the side display of town services (destination followed by advert for the town day rider), on all rear displays (destination scrolling along the bottom), and services X4 X5 & X58. they later put it on the side displays of most buses on West Cumbrian routes, advertising west cumbrian day rider after the destination. at the same time, they put scrolling across the bottom of rear display for Cumbria Goldrider when the bus wasnt in service.
now, they've introduced it on the routes i mentioned. not sure if it is on 22 or not, but will check next time i'm in Whitehaven area.
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been told that Lillyhall should be recieving their 4 Plaxton Profile bodied Volvo coaches (nothing has been mentioned about chassis, so could be B7R or B9R or whatever volvo chassis' they use on profile's) on 5th September 2009 for driver familiarisation (wheelchair lift at front entrance). they are expected to be in service by end of september / start of october! will be interesting to see if the information is correct lol, i hope it is!

 

[themaster985]

scrolling is pretty new at Lillyhall. a while ago, they put it on the side display of town services (destination followed by advert for the town day rider), on all rear displays (destination scrolling along the bottom), and services X4 X5 & X58. they later put it on the side displays of most buses on West Cumbrian routes, advertising west cumbrian day rider after the destination. at the same time, they put scrolling across the bottom of rear display for Cumbria Goldrider when the bus wasnt in service.
now, they've introduced it on the routes i mentioned. not sure if it is on 22 or not, but will check next time i'm in Whitehaven area.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
been told that Lillyhall should be recieving their 4 Plaxton Profile bodied Volvo coaches (nothing has been mentioned about chassis, so could be B7R or B9R or whatever volvo chassis' they use on profile's) on 5th September 2009 for driver familiarisation (wheelchair lift at front entrance). they are expected to be in service by end of september / start of october! will be interesting to see if the information is correct lol, i hope it is!

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It is!! Lets see if I am correct when the time comes - 53336 - 53339 Volvo B7R / Plaxton Profile, first one due by 25th September, last one by 23 October.

 

[cainebj]

16330 and 16338 on Seatoller.
42577 was on 73 with a dead bright tech. bright tech said "Holmeswood 69".
20768 on X5.
47059 and 34616 on Moorclose Circular!
annexe was full earlier, having 33168, a vario, a 709D and 3 B10M's on it!
47024 was on Harrington & Seaton.
16447 on 300.

 

[darrenw29]

16330 and 16338 on Seatoller.
42577 was on 73 with a dead bright tech. bright tech said "Holmeswood 69".
20768 on X5.
47059 and 34616 on Moorclose Circular!
annexe was full earlier, having 33168, a vario, a 709D and 3 B10M's on it!
47024 was on Harrington & Seaton.
16447 on 300.

I spotted
20757 on X4
16734 on 300
20195 on 30

 

[cainebj]

missed one off my spottings haha.
20753 was on X58 with 7 people on it. might as well use one of the spare minibuses!

 

[KendalKing]

20705 was on 564's today.
20949 was on 567's this morning, and UID Solo this afternoon.
16339, 18278, & 18280 on X35's.
33164, 33165, 33166, 33173, & 47057 plus UID B10M all made appearances on Town Services.
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42577 was on 73 with a dead bright tech. bright tech said "Holmeswood 69".

I bet that confused the passengers

 

[pickles]

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[themaster985]

Stagecoach North West fleetcard for 26 July for you to look at. If anyone wants in PDF, someone else will have to convert it as my computer does not have that capability!!

 

[cainebj]

Period 3 fleetlist in PDF Format.

10179 CUL 179V Carlisle to Seasonal Reserve
10728 OHV 728Y Seasonal Reserve to Carlisle
14853 L829 LNE Storage to Disposal
16327 N327 NPN Lillyhall Reserve to Preston
20175 K575 LTS Carlisle to Disposal
20309 L309 PSC Preston to Lillyhall Reserve
20451 M451 VCW Morecambe Reserve - Morecambe
20452 M452 VCW Morecambe - Lillyhall Reserve
20661 K791 DAO Kendal - Lillyhall Reserve
20727 K727 DAO Carlisle - Disposal
20738 K738 DAO Carlisle - Disposal
20741 K741 DAO Carlisle - Disposal
20746 K746 DAO Carlisle - Disposal
20907 R907 XVM Manchester - Carlisle
20908 R908 XVM Manchester - Carlisle
20909 R909 XVM Lillyhall Reserve - Carlisle
20918 R918 XVM Manchester - Carlisle Reserve
20923 R923 XVM Manchester - Carlisle Reserve
20949 R949 XVM Carlisle Reserve - Kendal
20965 R965 XVM Manchester - Carlisle
20966 R966 XVM Manchester - Carlisle
22257 V257 ESX Glenrothes - Preston Reserve
22260 V260 ESX Glenrothes - Preston Reserve
30277 L277 JAO Disposal - Sold
32917 L119 HHV Lillyhall Reserve - Disposal (FINALLY!)
32925 N358 CHF Lillyhall Reserve - Sold
34216 W216 DNO Morecambe Reserve - Glenrothes
34616 PX04 HTT Preston - Lillyhall
40001 N201 UHH Lillyhall Reserve - Disposal
42096 S196 RAO Lillyhall Reserve - Disposal
47474 PX07 GZZ Preston Reserve - Cwmbran (Aberdare arson rep)
47483 PX07 HBE Morecambe Reserve - Cwmbran (Aberdare arson rep)
52196 VRR 447 Lillyhall - Lillyhall Reserve
52635 S665 SDT Lillyhall Reserve - Lillyhall
90310 ND09 RLY LEX - Head Office
93216 VE06 LSC Head Office - LEX
RML 2450 JJD 450D Storage - Stockton
RML 2641 NML 641E Storage - Stockton
RML 2671 SMK 671F Storage - Stockton

 

[pickles]

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[cainebj]

If Carlisle is to get Enviro 300s, as was reported here, what are they going to replace? It seems strange to be introducing B10ms only to get rid of them a little while later.

the Carlisle Citi darts are too small for some of the routes. those Carlisle Citi routes used to be operated by B10M's, but were replaced by ALX300's, then when the ALX300's were flood damaged, the batch of citi branded darts took over, so effectively, they lost 11 seats on the routes.

 

[K777DAO]

32917 L119 HHV Lillyhall Reserve - Disposal (FINALLY!)

YAHOO!
It's safe to leave the house!

 

[Dallamlad]

Interesting find here:

http://www.paulsbuses.fpic.co.uk/p59997030.html

You'll notice that they have kept the second set of doors from its London days unlike Lancaster's examples.

Also this old thing looks like it should have been scrapped along time ago! Can't believe how tatty it is!!!

http://www.paulsbuses.fpic.co.uk/p59997004.html

http://www.paulsbuses.fpic.co.uk/p59997000.html

AND this isn't something you see ever day!

http://s261370817.websitehome.co.uk...Solo_EV_at_10_Downing_Street.jpg&maxwidth=860

 

[infobus]

If Carlisle is to get Enviro 300s, as was reported here, what are they going to replace? It seems strange to be introducing B10ms only to get rid of them a little while later.

The Enviro 300's will be operating the services 79 & 104

 

[Dallamlad]

Are the 79 and 104 operated by Darts? I don't k now CE services

 

[jonesy3001]

Spotted in lancaster bus station at 12:30 was a plain white solo in the lay-by any idea who`s it is? :-?

 

[cainebj]

Are the 79 and 104 operated by Darts? I don't k now CE services

they're operated by anything available. 104 is usually B10M but i've saw darts run it, and 79 gets B10M's, Citi branded darts, 52408.

33167 and 33168 on Harrington & Seaton.
34079 ran not in service towards the bus station from maryport direction with a minibus driver on it.
47024 on 50.
35246 on 31 with scrolling display.
16734 and 16447 on 300.

 

[Dallamlad]

I think the plain white solo belongs to Battersby. I assume its on loan.

 

[cainebj]

16653 and 16654 on 300 with previously mentioned 16447 and 16734.
been told 34616 is on 31A

 

[driver9000]

Spotted in lancaster bus station at 12:30 was a plain white solo in the lay-by any idea who`s it is? :-?

its Kirkbys, I spied it on the 435 the other day with a KLCH driver at the wheel - Im guessing its a rented one.

21003 on the 3 this afternoon, with 20452 on the X1.

I suppose its not suprising Morecambe is losing its two oldest (but better) B10Ms....

 

[Dallamlad]

Right KLCH yes I knew it was one of the two lol.

Which B10's? How come we are loosing them? They been moved on or scrapped?