As mentioned upthread, the B9s have been withdrawn.
6177 is being kept as a Private Hire vehicle.
Saw it heading towards Denton depot yesterday afternoon, being driven by one of their enthusiast drivers/supervisors.
Yes, he seems to do the vast majority of them.
He’s a good guy - worked with him for many years at Queens Road.
He is, see him regularly whizzing round the garage...
Thanks Lea!
I'm hoping very soon as the Liverpool ones are on the way as well so we might be getting ours at the same time
Hopefully the issues with the chargers are rectified first.
I'm hoping the Electroliners and our future buses all have A/C
No ofcourse no one has forgotten about it
GNW have a contracted tow company, who also serve the whole of Greater Manchester and beyond for other work. There isn't a designated unit for GNW or Bee Network, so the bus will be collected when they have a wagon and driver available which, at that time of night, will be a much smaller pool than during the day...
Heywood is no more and buses now run out of Nelson St, Bolton instead. HTH
Most recent announcements have been Wrights
There were issues with a number of the BZL’s during the heatwave last week where the fans powering the air cooling system burnt out, so contractors are on site sorting them out.
Thanks for that
Longer E200’s 4023 and 4025 are used pretty much on a daily basis on regular service work at Denton and have been for a while. I think it’s 4023 that doesn’t have a working destination blind so stays on the same service all day with paper numbers in the windscreen.
5101 is running round with paper blinds, notice some of the early gnw E200s have turned up in kent
Unless more have gone since, those went when Queens Road went to Stagecoach.
It might be 5101 that has the paper in the windscreen. I know one was doing 345’s only instead of the usual inter working.
It’s 4028 and 4030 which have turned up in Kent still in Bee network custard yellow working for Go ahead group ‘fast track’?
4028 and 4030 were ex Go ahead London and working for Kent Country as I think they got a new route
4020-2 were the only ones kept as 4023 (SN11FFZ) is also Ex GAL
You are right, I remember them at Queens road in red still with dual doors. They were converted and painted and were used at Bolton when they first took the depot over.
Alright, we all make mistakes!
YY66PCV came to Plymouth but sadly caught fire on Monday and is beyond repairAlright, we all make mistakes!
I'd completely forgotten about those, amoungst the mele of debranding buses, I had gone to Wigan specifically to do those two! Prior to that, the E200s that left were ex Queens at the changeover.