Recent content by Redmike

There are 3 Ashtons on the Bee Network- Ashton under Lyne, Ashton in Makerfield and Ashton on Mersey.

Presumably Diamond will need a couple of extra vehicles for the 377.

According to Bus Times Diamond will be operating the new 377 Stockport to Woodford service. https://bustimes.org/services/377-stockport-davenport-bramhall-woodford?date=2026-09-01

The attached information comes from the Arriva x93/94 timetable. I contacted Arriva and they said the validity changed in May.

Disappointing news that the Scenic Explorer ticket is now only valid on Arriva services within the North Yorkshire council area. It was previously valid to Middlesbrough. There are still Arriva only options available.

one has been pictured with stagecoach fleet number 82451 so I presume that’s for Oldham depot.

There is a batch of 55 Electroliners which are already being delivered before this recent order which was announced.

They’ve got plenty of BYDs now as well. 1778430099 No electric buses at Stockport and not likely any time soon.

Some 363 journeys used to extend from Mellor over the tops to New Mills. It was a pretty scenic run but was withdrawn about 2004.

I think the Streetdecks can go on more routes than the 330, the issue seems to be potential diversionary routes off the A6 for the 192 buses which seem to interwork a lot with other routes. Streetdecks from Hyde Road and Sharston also serve Stockport.

My nearest bus stop used to have 4 buses per hour to Manchester (130 and X57/42B). Now there's only 1 bus per hour with no evening service.

There were 6 different liveries on the 11 service at one point last week with the Beachball, Hybrid, Stagecoach local, Magic Bus, Stagecoach new livery and Bee network liveries all in evidence. There don’t seem to have been many repaints as part of Tranche 3.

A few Diamond Mellor Stratas seem to have problems with the destinations as they currently have sheets of paper with route numbers on.

I wonder if in the long term the Stockport streetdecks will move elsewhere as it does seem odd having a micro fleet like that.

The 200MMCs do appear on the 358 quite often at the weekend. I have also seen them on the 378/9 occasionally.