First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

[Whiteway215]

Any ideas on what the fate is for the 3 levantes and the tourismo?

Levantes to Ensign.

 

[Goldfish62]

I believe the Tourismo 24212 is heading to First Aberdeen’s King Coaches.

Yes, it left Summercourt this morning, together with a King Coaches coach.

 

[YorkRailFan]

33475/7 have moved to West of England as well per Bustimes.

 

[markymark2000]

Only 48 vehicles left on kernow's bustimes page. I imagine the ones going further north won't be transferred until later due the time they will be on the road for.

I wouldn't necessarily rely on Bustimes. Summercourt is completely cleared out and only a handful of buses remain at Camborne yet to be collected.

A message got put on Bustimes Discord yesterday that vehicles should only be moved when there is some concrete evidence about the transfer because of changing plans, conflicting stories and speculation. As such some of the edits to transfer vehicles have been a bit slower or declined as Bustimes trusted users are excising more caution.

 

[Andyh82]

Only 48 vehicles left on kernow's bustimes page. I imagine the ones going further north won't be transferred until later due the time they will be on the road for.

Even the ones that have been changed haven’t necessarily arrived at their new homes. BusTimes isn’t an official source, anyone can update it, and are often very eager

 

[Airfrance_A318]

Even the ones that have been changed haven’t necessarily arrived at their new homes. BusTimes isn’t an official source, anyone can update it, and are often very eager

Yeah I understand. Most on there today have proof that backs up

 

[83G/84D]

I believe 175 was seen leaving so it is enroute to somewhere or just hasnt been spotted at its arrival point yet.

36175 is notoriously unreliable lately so wouldn’t be surprised if it hasn’t made it out of Cornwall without help from a recovery truck.

 

[Airfrance_A318]

36175 is notoriously unreliable lately so wouldn’t be surprised if it hasn’t made it out of Cornwall without help from a recovery truck.

Yeah previously not tracked in like 2 months.

 

[YorkRailFan]

E400 MMCs 33468, 33469, 33470 & 33472 are all off to West of England.

 

[Airfrance_A318]

Yeah seen photos of those at WSM

E400 MMCs 33468, 33469, 33470 & 33472 are all off to West of England.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

E400 MMCs 33468, 33469, 33470 & 33472 are all off to West of England.

Excellent - could do with some more colour schemes

 

[handandy67]

Anyone know where the Mousehole Sprinters are heading off to?

I Believe they are going to Yorkshire Pullman for onward sale

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20808 has gone to Eastern Counties for contract work and is now registered YN62GYR. 23655 is now registered BK15AUY and together with 23654 has passed to Ensign. Both of these are now ‘in preparation’ but whether that is for resale or for transferring within First is not known.

24212 is going to Aberdeen

 

[Whiteway215]

I agree that this looks like B9TL replacements at Essex - coincidentally they have nine left.

The P&R work is only one route as I recall - Central Connect are doing the other commercially, so four vehicles can probably be found from the existing single deck fleet.

Just going back to the Chelmsford P & R discussion.

A mention on Facebook says two of the 400MMCs cascaded from Kernow and bound for Essex have arrived at Bristol Hengrove to be repainted into Chelmsford P & R livery in the Hengrove paint shop.

We await developments on that.

 

[nick291]

Excellent - could do with some more colour schemes

Until they inevitably get painted in WESTBus green!

 

[Snozzel]

I saw a long list with all the destinations on yesterday in summercourt office,with everything except optares for Scotland on it ( seperate list) A quick picture would have helped everyone lol.

 

[gka472l]

I saw a long list with all the destinations on yesterday in summercourt office,with everything except optares for Scotland on it ( seperate list) A quick picture would have helped everyone lol.

Credit to Brend Taylor on the Firstbus Enthusiasts group on Facebook.....copied and pasted from there.

Update
33301-33311 to Slough, 33312 Essex Chelmsford 33313 Slough. 33314 -33321 to Essex Chelmsford
33450 Glasgow, 33451 Slough, 33452 & 33453 Glasgow, 33454 Slough, 33455 - 33462 Glasgow
33463 -33467 Weymouth, 33468- 33479 Weston Super mare, but some of these might initially be sent in to help Bristol out before going to them.
All the B9’s to Eastern Counties
44952 Hilsea, 44953 & 54 York Pullman, 53255, 57, 58 Glasgow, 53862, 53864, 53865 Glasgow or South Yorkshire
33468-33479 are all going to first west of England that’s a brake down of what’s happening to all the First Kernow buses 33468-33479 are all for Weston but 7 will be on loan to Lawrence Hill and Hengrove until more Yutongs arrive at Hengrove

HTH

 

[Highland050261]

Credit to Brend Taylor on the Firstbus Enthusiasts group on Facebook.....copied and pasted from there.

Update
33301-33311 to Slough, 33312 Essex Chelmsford 33313 Slough. 33314 -33321 to Essex Chelmsford
33450 Glasgow, 33451 Slough, 33452 & 33453 Glasgow, 33454 Slough, 33455 - 33462 Glasgow
33463 -33467 Weymouth, 33468- 33479 Weston Super mare, but some of these might initially be sent in to help Bristol out before going to them.
All the B9’s to Eastern Counties
44952 Hilsea, 44953 & 54 York Pullman, 53255, 57, 58 Glasgow, 53862, 53864, 53865 Glasgow or South Yorkshire
33468-33479 are all going to first west of England that’s a brake down of what’s happening to all the First Kernow buses 33468-33479 are all for Weston but 7 will be on loan to Lawrence Hill and Hengrove until more Yutongs arrive at Hengrove

HTH

53862/4/5 are for Glasgow.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Until they inevitably get painted in WESTBus green!

Thing is, they were busy repainting the 65 plates and the 66 plates from the 48/49 that were in urban colours but not the ones in non-standard schemes like Swansea Uni. Tbf, they are now getting on with the ex Wharfedale livery ones. However, it is a very colourful fleet at the moment

 

[fgwrich]

Excellent - could do with some more colour schemes

Ironically the Green ones have gone to Essex (which once had a green fleet itself).

Could have saved them repainting the vehicles into WestBus then!

 

[G760XRE]

Credit to Brend Taylor on the Firstbus Enthusiasts group on Facebook.....copied and pasted from there.

Update
33301-33311 to Slough, 33312 Essex Chelmsford 33313 Slough. 33314 -33321 to Essex Chelmsford
33450 Glasgow, 33451 Slough, 33452 & 33453 Glasgow, 33454 Slough, 33455 - 33462 Glasgow
33463 -33467 Weymouth, 33468- 33479 Weston Super mare, but some of these might initially be sent in to help Bristol out before going to them.
All the B9’s to Eastern Counties
44952 Hilsea, 44953 & 54 York Pullman, 53255, 57, 58 Glasgow, 53862, 53864, 53865 Glasgow or South Yorkshire
33468-33479 are all going to first west of England that’s a brake down of what’s happening to all the First Kernow buses 33468-33479 are all for Weston but 7 will be on loan to Lawrence Hill and Hengrove until more Yutongs arrive at Hengrove

HTH

Not sure 33304 is for Slough, as I saw it at Potteries yesterday with 6 others listed as being destined for Glasgow.

Ex First Kernow E400MMCs at Potteries

Seen at Alderley Green on 15.2.26 were 7 Ex First Kernow E400MMCs 33304, 33452, 33453, 33455, 33456, 33457 & 33461. From posts seen on forums, it seems these are having a pitstop here on the long journey north to First Glasgow

flickr.com

 

[FlybeDash8Q400]

Not sure 33304 is for Slough, as I saw it at Potteries yesterday with 6 others listed as being destined for Glasgow.

Ex First Kernow E400MMCs at Potteries

Seen at Alderley Green on 15.2.26 were 7 Ex First Kernow E400MMCs 33304, 33452, 33453, 33455, 33456, 33457 & 33461. From posts seen on forums, it seems these are having a pitstop here on the long journey north to First Glasgow

flickr.com

This would make sense. They seemed hesitant to send any of the ultraviolet ones long distance, presumably to save on repaint. So not sending 33460 and sending 33304 instead would add up.

 

[Goldfish62]

Not sure 33304 is for Slough, as I saw it at Potteries yesterday with 6 others listed as being destined for Glasgow.

Ex First Kernow E400MMCs at Potteries

Seen at Alderley Green on 15.2.26 were 7 Ex First Kernow E400MMCs 33304, 33452, 33453, 33455, 33456, 33457 & 33461. From posts seen on forums, it seems these are having a pitstop here on the long journey north to First Glasgow

flickr.com

Maybe it's there for repaint as all the sources I've seen have stated it's for Slough. Or there was a very last minute change of destination over the weekend.

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I Believe they are going to Yorkshire Pullman for onward sale

I'm told the Sprinters are going to Glasgow. Maybe my usually reliable source is wrong.

 

[sytransport]

I'm told the Sprinters are going to Glasgow. Maybe my usually reliable source is wrong.

Not sure if they’ve got a set location yet, I would’ve thought they’d head to Rochdale but I guess Glasgow also makes sense.

 

[smtglasgow]

I'm told the Sprinters are going to Glasgow

For the first time since the post-Covid driver shortages First Glasgow has bid for, and won, some SPT tenders. These will require something small – especially the 141 in Thornwood – so *perhaps* a couple of Sprinters could end up here. I think these are very recent wins, so plans may have changed.

 

[fgwrich]

Hasn’t taken long for the Slough batch to enter service, as they’re all tracking today radiating out of Heathrow.

 

[Whiteway215]

Not sure 33304 is for Slough, as I saw it at Potteries yesterday with 6 others listed as being destined for Glasgow.

Ex First Kernow E400MMCs at Potteries

Seen at Alderley Green on 15.2.26 were 7 Ex First Kernow E400MMCs 33304, 33452, 33453, 33455, 33456, 33457 & 33461. From posts seen on forums, it seems these are having a pitstop here on the long journey north to First Glasgow

flickr.com

The team of Glasgow drivers who travelled down on Saturday 14th to collect their various Kernow vehicles from Summercourt on Sunday 15th were due to take 33450. This bus had developed an electrical fault and 33304 was substituted to go to Glasgow.
There was a picture on Facebook from Sunday evening showing 33450 still parked in Camborne workshop.
33460 in the latest FirstBus livery is in the Glasgow convoy currently on route to Glasgow.

This information comes from a staff member accompanying the Glasgow convoy heading to Caledonia depot. (11am 16February)

 

[Goldfish62]

The team of Glasgow drivers who travelled down on Saturday 14th to collect their various Kernow vehicles from Summercourt on Sunday 15th were due to take 33450. This bus had developed an electrical fault and 33304 was substituted to go to Glasgow.
There was a picture on Facebook from Sunday evening showing 33450 still parked in Camborne workshop.
33460 in the latest FirstBus livery is in the Glasgow convoy currently on route to Glasgow.

This information comes from a staff member accompanying the Glasgow convoy heading to Caledonia depot. (11am 16February)

Makes sense - thanks.

 

[DaveHarries]

Weston-super-Mare have three of their ex. Kernow E400s out and about - a photo surfaced on FB (Firstbus Wales and West Enthusiast Group) of 33470 on Service 7 this morning (16th Feb.) The bustimes tracker shows that 33471 and 33472 are also both out, both also on Service 7.

Dave

 

[Metal Mickey]

Why is Slough getting Double Deckers?

 

[nick291]

Why is Slough getting Double Deckers?

For the X74 uplift IIRC.