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TaysideTrainz said:
Do you know where from and when? All I can think of is next year when the ADL Volvo B5L Hybrids arrive.
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They are coming from Strathtay, do they have other 60 plated E400's apart from the ones on the TayWay? But Perth are getting they 4 E400's very soon.

Also, Perth have just updated their ETM's which are now able to accept Stagecoach Smart which is hoped to be implemented by the end of the year.
 
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GaryMcEwan said:
They are coming from Strathtay, do they have other 60 plated E400's apart from the ones on the TayWay? But Perth are getting they 4 E400's very soon.

Also, Perth have just updated their ETM's which are now able to accept Stagecoach Smart which is hoped to be implemented by the end of the year.
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All Stagecoach Scotland ticket machines have been "upgraded" in order that Stagecoach Smart can be rolled out across the three divisions. West is already live, East follows soon, and North is due in the summer I think.

Oh, and I think the depot staff have been "pulling your chain". Its a favourite hobby of depot staff all over the country, when they smell a busnut!!
 
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All Stagecoach Scotland ticket machines have been "upgraded" in order that Stagecoach Smart can be rolled out across the three divisions. West is already live, East follows soon, and North is due in the summer I think.

Oh, and I think the depot staff have been "pulling your chain". Its a favourite hobby of depot staff all over the country, when they smell a busnut!!
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Nah it's my best mate who told me, who is actually relief controller at Inveralmond at the moment...
 
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GaryMcEwan said:
They are coming from Strathtay, do they have other 60 plated E400's apart from the ones on the TayWay? But Perth are getting they 4 E400's very soon.

Also, Perth have just updated their ETM's which are now able to accept Stagecoach Smart which is hoped to be implemented by the end of the year.
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Strathtay have 19641-56, 19662/8 as the 60 plates. If you are saying perth are getting them 'soon', how 'soon' are you saying. Within the next couple of weeks or around about summer? What will the E400s replace, the tridents or olys?

And i don't think strathtay will get the B5LH until about Xmas 2014 to about May 2015 which means if Perth do get the 4 E400s 'soon', that'll mean strathtay will only have 14 E400s left but they need at least 16 DDs for the 73 TayWay.
 
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overthewater said:
I dare say Perth are getting them, but not for the reason were thinking...

Ryder cup anyone?
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Eh, the Ryder cup isn't until the end of September, so my money's still on the story being a load of nonsense, and they'll be no E400s leaving Strathtay anytime soon. :o
 
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Whatever one it is, it's definitely one of the ex Mancherster lot that Fife got as it's still sitting there today...Could possibly be 19066.
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19067 & 19068 have returned to Manchester. Aberhill have 18370 & 22579 in their place. I'm not sure about the Dunfermline ones 19064/66.
 
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19067 & 19068 have returned to Manchester. Aberhill have 18370 & 22579 in their place. I'm not sure about the Dunfermline ones 19064/66.
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It is reported elsewhere that 19067 is the broken down one at Blochairn and 19047 has been sent in its place.
 
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It is reported elsewhere that 19067 is the broken down one at Blochairn and 19047 has been sent in its place.
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Another E400 has turned up at Blochairn sitting parked up. No idea where this one has came from. Blochairn wouldn't be getting deckers for the X19 or X25?

The X19 certainly isnt busy enough to warrant deckers...
 
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It is reported elsewhere that 19067 is the broken down one at Blochairn and 19047 has been sent in its place.
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Wouldn't surprise me! 067 and 068 had no end of problems in their short spell at Fife. Always suspicious when buses transferred from other areas are not cascaded in fleet number order. They know what they want shot off....
 
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Wouldn't surprise me! 067 and 068 had no end of problems in their short spell at Fife. Always suspicious when buses transferred from other areas are not cascaded in fleet number order. They know what they want shot off....
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One of the Fife E400s has left Blochairn with 067 still sitting there. Is it really that unreliable?
 
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One of the Fife E400s has left Blochairn with 067 still sitting there. Is it really that unreliable?
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It broke down last Monday in Fife, was fixed on Tuesday which was its last day in service. Looks like it didn't make it far on its journey to Manchester!
 
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In Perth the 4 branded E200's, 37081-4, for Service 9 have now entered service from lunchtime today. 37085 will serve as the spare bus for North Muirton even though it has been on the service for a wee while.
 
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In Perth the 4 branded E200's, 37081-4, for Service 9 have now entered service from lunchtime today. 37085 will serve as the spare bus for North Muirton even though it has been on the service for a wee while.
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37085 has been a lot of services in Perth, mostly the Gold 7, Muirton 9 and 301 Park and Ride...
 
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I saw over the weekend the new E200D's that Perth got...That pink route branding for the Murirton's is a bit sickly. Not liking it at all...
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Looks like Fife's Open Top Oly 11093 is being used for the St Johnstone tour of Perth with the Scottish Cup...
 
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