TfGM Bee Network - fleet discussion

[mattyharding]

More cascades coming when the 6 Streetdecks show up at Stockport from Wigan and the Kites at Oldham.

Do we know when these 6 Streetdecks are coming to Stockport

 

[M60lad]

Does anybody know what's the latest regarding the Kites for Oldham? When are they due to be delivered and enter service?

 

[978wta]

There's a chance that Stagecoach could take a few Evosetti's for Queens Road to replace the elderly B5LHs

Why would Stagecoach take GNW Evosetti’s? GNW own them.

 

[mayneway]

Why would Stagecoach take GNW Evosetti’s? GNW own them.

Because let’s say for example a service was moved from GNW to Stagecoach, TFGM would want some vehicles to move over as well.

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Does anybody know what's the latest regarding the Kites for Oldham? When are they due to be delivered and enter service?

The first two have turned up today so I’d imagine others will follow pretty quickly. Not sure how much they differ from the deckers and wether drivers will need type training but good riddance to the E300’s!

 

[mattyharding]

Because let’s say for example a service was moved from GNW to Stagecoach, TFGM would want some vehicles to move over as well.

Can a service actually move between operator

 

[Leyland Bus]

Can a service actually move between operator

If TfGM decide that is what they want then yes...

 

[M60lad]

To be honest if I'm honest I think once they've gone I'll miss the E300s as a passenger, while my feelings were different when First had them since Stagecoach took them on there's has been a vast improvement in them if I'm honest, the odd ones might still have their unique faults (Are you listening 27947 lol) the rest of the fleet doesn't seem that bad and most of them can cope with whatever route that they put them on these days and they can be quite quick, even when they rarely get allocated to routes like 350 they actually manage the route no problem.

 

[W176 XMA]

To be honest if I'm honest I think once they've gone I'll miss the E300s as a passenger, while my feelings were different when First had them since Stagecoach took them on there's has been a vast improvement in them if I'm honest, the odd ones might still have their unique faults (Are you listening 27947 lol) the rest of the fleet doesn't seem that bad and most of them can cope with whatever route that they put them on these days and they can be quite quick, even when they rarely get allocated to routes like 350 they actually manage the route no problem.

The queens ones are still with us for a while yet

 

[mayneway]

To be honest if I'm honest I think once they've gone I'll miss the E300s as a passenger, while my feelings were different when First had them since Stagecoach took them on there's has been a vast improvement in them if I'm honest, the odd ones might still have their unique faults (Are you listening 27947 lol) the rest of the fleet doesn't seem that bad and most of them can cope with whatever route that they put them on these days and they can be quite quick, even when they rarely get allocated to routes like 350 they actually manage the route no problem.

The B9’s were the last buses First ordered that were actually decent spec. Everything from then has been cheap poverty spec. God awful Streetlites, E400’s and the E300’s. With decent gear boxes and the right set up they would be decent buses.

 

[Worm]

One thing I’ve noted with the E300s at Oldham as that they are ridiculously jerky between gear changes, at times you’d think the driver was brake checking the car behind.

They’ve always been jerky but I don’t remember them being quite this bad under First ownership.