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Stagecoach East use 65/66/67 and 69 plate E400 MMC's on long distance routes 905, MK1 and X5

37217 is now with Stagecoach East Midlands. you must've been thinking of 37218. Mini E200's bought from Ensignbus 37281-85 have now entered service in 'We've got you' livery with 37280/86 due to enter service very shortly as well. All the ex London mini E200's except 36308 have now been...

They were acquired for Bedford town service 8 and North Beds contract services 22,22A, 25, 27, 28 and 28A. 37280-83/86 should be out in service very soon replacing ex London mini E200's 36306-08/22/23. 36077/321/22 have already been withdrawn. 36321 has been scrapped after an RTA, 36077 has...

21228 is in service there too. This should release 3 Scania E400's to transfer to Bedford for use on the MK1 which will be using part of the Luton Busway soon as well as replace 21310 which has been written off after a serious RTA

36076 was driven to Grimsby from Bedford tonight and swapped for 21228

I've been told by Bedford depot that 36076 is going to Grimsby in exchange for 21228 which will be going back to Fenstanton once it's been repainted. Do Grimsby have a use for a mini E200?

Stagecoach East are also one of few regions not to have any buses in the new livery in service. Although 5 of the 10 mini E200's recently bought from Ensignbus have now been painted into it and are sitting at Bedford depot

21221/22/24 are all now at Bedford depot awaiting repaint before being allocated to Fenstanton

Holbeach drove is used as an outstation of Peterborough depot. Ely is used to store withdrawn and reserve buses.

Bedford had former Kings Lynn 15 and 66 plate Solo SR's after that depot closed and they were deemed unsuitable for route 8 which serves tight roads around Queens Park. At the time, they already had 2 56 plate ex London Mini E200's which were originally transferred in as extras due to the...

Most of these are to replace elderly ex London E200s at Bedford depot on routes which require small buses such as town service 8. Although the smaller buses are ideal for North Beds contract services, 22, 22A, 25, 27, 28 and 28A, a standard size E200 will fit around the routes although some...

It's the 350/2's that are available soon which will also need to be refurbished and are not set up to go 110mph like the other 350 sub classes, so they will need that mod as well. Other than that they'd be a decent option to replace the 360's.

19588/90/93/94 will also be moving to East Midlands from Bedford. They've been replaced by Scanias from Cambridge 19578/79/83 and 37199 left today, however 19578 broke down on the A14 at Huntingdon the way up. I don't know which depot they're heading to

They have a bit of time as the new services Bedford depot needs them for don't start until 1st August

Enviro 200's 37002/03/05/199 are due to transfer from Mansfield to Bedford from tomorrow