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Alleleys were returning 2 carriages of 507 028 last night. I passed them at around 1930hrs on the M6 northbound round Hilton Park services. Apparently these are the units for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service for training purposes.

Passed 2 BZLs in Lothian livery on the M271 in Southampton a few minutes ago on trade plates. Looks like they have MCV bodywork.

Thank you for your very thorough reply and opinion. I do feel bus companies are missing a trick now especially as most use systems such as Ticketer where they can harvest information more or less live. I appreciate there are forces which are unpredictable daily such as the weather but in...

I've been intrigued by this thread and its intelligent and informed posts. One point that I feel has been missed is that bus companies appear to have a standard pricing policy, especially large groups. In my experience, as a driver and trade union representative over 28 years, is that routes...

Read the Lancashire update, is it true that the X2 Preston to Southport and Liverpool will be restored to a half hourly frequency in the coming months?

Ok. I got the livery information from the Quack77 site which isn't 100% accurate, unfortunately. Thanks,for your confirmation.

Will 40716/7 need repainting back into Preston livery as they are in Bee Network yellow?

Skelmersdale in Lancashire doesn't have a station but has bus routes to Wigan, Southport, Ormskirk, Kirkby, Burscough and Parbold that connect with trains.

Cutting services in Merseyside has been their main aim. When they took over MTL back in 2001 they acquired approximately 1000 buses with the operation plus they had their own existing Aintree, Bootle and Skelmersdale depots with 3-400 buses. The combined fleet for the unit, including Wales is...

Looks like the scrap move for 508139 and 141 is on for today. Tge loco has arrived at Birkenhead North TMD.

On 508 139 now from HIL to MRF

And converted to single door as well.

Ex-British Blue Tours of Birkenhead Y7THG doesn't seem to have entered service yet either. Could that be because it is dual doored?

Having a little explore today and thought I'd try one of the new buses on the 125. Wow what a come down from the previous Scania Golds. Suspension on the Trident chassis is appalling ( we've just reached Ringway in Preston after a minute or 2 from the bus station). The seating is far inferior...

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K06273/2023-09-08/detailed It appears to have departed at 1310