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No e200MMC at Morecambe they are all older e300 the extra Solo are for the 88/89 contract award also 3 ex Manchester E400 and some Scania E400 from Lillyhall for the e400MMC sent there.

This was running back to Morecambe through Galgate Just after 9am this morning as I was heading to the motorway. Tho

Lonsdale are only running half of the 5 service as the Stagecoach 5 provides a link to and from Overton so I cannot see Stagecoach pulling out. The 83 will provide a link between the Vale and Beaumont areas of Lancaster part of which is unserved since Stagecoach put Deckers on the 2/100 so have...

I understand that the Lancaster run from the Uni is provided by the Student union It seems rather a waste of money as there are at least 12 buses an hour from the Uni to the bus station that is just across the road from the bus station. The 6A goes through Asda,s car park in both directions.

The new 74 plates are used on the 192 this will be a TFGM instruction to put new euro 6 on the 192 as this route was covered by the 20 plate MMC the first 20 odd are now at Queens Rd painted in Bee livery and the rest have left Manchester to other Stagecoach fleets from Scotland too the South...

Interesting comment any MX08 reg buses are now Metroline and should have been cascaded too other Stagecoach fleets but have been hired by TFGM for use by Metroline till new stock arrives Stockport fleet is made up of Hybrid E400 61 and 62 regs 12 reg E400. 64 65 16 17 plate Enviro 400MMC 8 74...

I think this info comes from tests as the E400s are still on the normal Stagecoach list and at the time of the bee network record 19250 was on a 119. Also, most are on the 938 and a 1041X class bus actually tracked on the service so I would think someone was setting up the new ticket machines...

At that time Pennine used setright and obtained most of there ticket rolls from Ribble who they had a close working relationship with, especially on the main Skipton to Lancaster Morecambe Route. They shared an outstation at Ingleton, the property I believe belonged to Pennine.

52414 was not part of the Training fleet it was used on contracts and some times on service and was in standard livery when I last saw it last year . The training fleet was alx300 Mans and has changed to Dennis Darts during the last 18 months.

Marshall bodied 20 Olympians for Bournmouth transport 180 TJT180X to 199 TJT199X and 1 Has been in a yard near the M5 for years last time I noticed it it was still In Bournmouth yellow I do not know which one it is

Is the 2x supposed to be Express or was it the x version of the 2 (Stagecoach do not advertise as Express) its just a quicker route to Heysham due to cutting Morecambe out. As the 2 is the 100 for the a 100 year celibration of Ribble and the Lancaster to Morecambe section is the nearest to the...

The arrangement ended at deregulation when Lancaster city was competing against Ribble Pennine started running to Burnley and cut back the Skipton route to Settle. Pennine had a outstation at Ingleton and the first bus in a morning ran through to Morecambe Euston Rd Ribble bus station then Went...

On Saturday the 27/07/2019 I travelled on 2 195 from Lancaster to Man pic 119 was the first which was deleyed by slow door operation and the Guard having to try different sets of switches the 2nd set in the rear carriage seemed to work the best. As an airport service these trains lack proper...