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    Stagecoach East Midlands - Fleet and Engineering Updates

    Street Decks are some 6" taller than E400s hence a different profile for the overhanging trees. Streetdeck = 4.395m = 14ft 5in E400 = 4.2m = 13ft 11ins
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    Stagecoach Merseyside Cheshire and South Lancashire

    Street Decks are some 6" taller than E400s hence a different profile for the overhanging trees. Streetdeck = 4.395m = 14ft 5in E400 = 4.2m = 13ft 11ins
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    Manchester City Centre free bus 2 / Victoria station

    Full discussion of this diversion at https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/is-it-the-end-of-picc-vic-bus-in-manchester.299753/
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    Approach to Cornbrook from Trafford Bar / Eccles now has a 5mph limit 4mph from Deansgate Castlefield going round the bend onto the down ramp - still in place Presume these will be fixed in the two week shutdown at the end of October? Further follow-up work is also planned between...
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    Bee Network Service/Route Discussion

    and from TfGM From 30 August, as part of improvements to buses between Middlebrook and Bolton, we’re extending bus 615 from Middlebrook to Bolton via Chorley New Road. We’re also adding earlier morning, evening, Sunday and public journeys, and more Monday to Saturday daytime journeys. Buses...
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    Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising

    Bustimes is now showing the LCR franchised routes as Metro Network Stagecoach St Helens https://bustimes.org/operators/m-network-2 28 routes Warrington 322 is under https://bustimes.org/operators/m-network-3 - just the 322 EDIT: Oops : Sorry ! Duplicate info:
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    Deansgate-Castlefield & Trafford Bar works - Sunday 9 August to 2pm https://tfgm.com/tram-improvement-works Oldham-Rochdale line follow-up work at Newton Heath and Monsall and Track renewal works will take place between Oldham Mumps and Derker and site surveys at Beal Lane. • On Sat 15 and...
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    Bee Network Service/Route Discussion

    Go Northwest has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the refranchising of the Tranche 1 small franchises winning LOT 1: Bolton, Bury and Farnworth and LOT 2: Leigh and Atherton. The unsuccessful bidders were: LOT 1: Arriva Merseyside Limited Diamond Bus (North West) Limited First...
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    With the reduction of School buses as holidays beckon, the full tram replacement is now running with the removed timetables reappearing online. Buses are sometimes following each other - either as duplicates - or just late running Only thing missing now is passengers as many seemed to have found...
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    On Saturday they were working in a fenced off area at the top of Mosley Street - after New York Street and before the delta
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    TfGM Bee Network - fleet discussion

    According to bustimes: 13163 was last used 31 Aug 2025 and 13170 last used 16 Mar 2026 (or their associated ticket machines!) https://bustimes.org/operators/bee-network-bnsm/vehicles
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    I was talking to an employee of the company organising the tram replacement. He has been a controller of replacement buses across various rail and tram replacements.
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    East Yorkshire Motor Services, now part of Go-Ahead

    GO NORTH WEST (MERSEYSIDE) LIMITED Company number 13275587 https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13275587 Operator licence: PC2089183 GO NORTH WEST (MERSEYSIDE) LIMITED https://www.vehicle-operator-licensing.service.gov.uk/view-details/licence/662728 Go-Ahead...
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    perhaps I should have used " said to be" or "apparently"
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    Bee Network Service/Route Discussion

    Stretford Mall still exists - just a lot smaller. The Mall, the Chester Road car park entrance, and the surface car park (from the Chester Road entrance to the former Costa unit) are now closed, to prepare the site for a new public park and new homes. The remaining shops are on the Chester...
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    Looks like the Sunday evenings have now been changed to match the Mon - Sat ev30mins 1783866930 Seems to be serious issues upcoming with the Metrolink Replacement project (The three week closure) Apparently there is serious lack of replacement operator availability (quoted as due to buses been...
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    Bee Network Service/Route Discussion

    Several Bee Network routes are having Summer Period timetable changes - these tend to be those core commercial services that Stagecoach used to revise upto the Bee Network take over - now operated by Metroline Changes to services during quieter Summer period 19 July – 29 August 2026 35...
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    Commonwealth Games 2026 Glasgow 23 July - 3rd August

    The above event has buses organised by First Travel Solutions Any information as to which buses are being used ? Apparently spectators are being told to use scheduled First Glasgow buses at normal fares - no free travel for ticket holders
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    Diving in to the replacement buses for the three week shutdown of Metrolink south of the city centre https://tfgm.com/tram-improvement-works/deansgate-castlefield-and-trafford-bar-works#bus Trafford Centre Line : Buses every 30mins daytime upto 8pm - nothing after that Altrincham line...
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    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    First Leeds have none to send as they have commitments to the Roundhay Festival shuttle buses this weekend Seems it is 22 Metrodeckers 39502-24 have been pulled from service, a response to the fire in London which has seen theirs’s taken off the road too...

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