Stagecoach North West Discussion

[darrenw29]

Spotted S798KRM on the 22 on monday night and on the 31A this morning

 

[Mattdw92]

Looked like it had been replaced by afternoon by a PS from what I seen from a Coffee shop
47059 been on the 2 today too.
22104 been 300s. Most 300s been running very late.

 

[stagecoachuk]

Looked like it had been replaced by afternoon by a PS from what I seen from a Coffee shop
47059 been on the 2 today too.
22104 been 300s. Most 300s been running very late.

22104 sounded awful through Carlisle too!!!

24122 on 685s again today.
34702 on the 79.

 

[CumbrianJosh]

35248 was on the full X5 tonight, on the 19:15 from Workington and the 21:35 from Penrith, first time I've seen a dart run all the way, I'm guessing it replaced something more suitable that was either late or defect

 

[cainebj]

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/b...-crash-in-carlisle-1.978783?referrerPath=home

 

[darrenw29]

Guess what I passed on the back of a tow truck lastnight near Wigton?

Thats right folks An open topped Trident!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Paul Mcgill]

20710 working the 1010, 1210, 1410, 1610 505 Windermere to Coniston.

14259 out on 599s while 17012 is off road.

 

[stagecoachuk]

We have 24122 on the 685 again today.

67/68 branded 34706 on 554 to Keswick.

47020 first day in service on the Sainsburys contract and later 76 while 47022 on the 60.

34079 under service prep along with 34218.
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http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/b...-crash-in-carlisle-1.978783?referrerPath=home

Bus will be off for around 3 weeks.

Another Reays publicity stunt this one, Reays driver did not even know it was in the paper until he was told.

 

[mbonwick]

My first thought was 3 weeks when I saw the damage...I should be an accident surveyor!

Would love to know why the Reay's driver reportedly felt the need to kick the cab open...

 

[stagecoachuk]

My first thought was 3 weeks when I saw the damage...I should be an accident surveyor!

Would love to know why the Reay's driver reportedly felt the need to kick the cab open...

There was a need... but paper just says what it wasnt as usual!

34706 on the 79 now with 24119 on the 104.

All went to pot here!

 

[KendalKing]

21005 noted in service at 08.15 this morning, minus the near-side headlight.

 

[robertclark125]

Reays must be doing very well now in carlisle that they're buying 11 new ADL E200s, two indeed have been delivered. Do you all think stagecoach has given up on fighting Reays, or have they got a trick up their sleeve, like what Brighton and Hove had against The Big Lemon?

 

[stagecoachuk]

Reays must be doing very well now in carlisle that they're buying 11 new ADL E200s, two indeed have been delivered. Do you all think stagecoach has given up on fighting Reays, or have they got a trick up their sleeve, like what Brighton and Hove had against The Big Lemon?

4 not 2 are in service.

 

[Solway View]

We have 24122 on the 685 again today.

67/68 branded 34706 on 554 to Keswick.

47020 first day in service on the Sainsburys contract and later 76 while 47022 on the 60.

34079 under service prep along with 34218.
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Bus will be off for around 3 weeks.

Another Reays publicity stunt this one, Reays driver did not even know it was in the paper until he was told.

Sorry stagecoachuk your miss informed, the driver did know as he spoke to the N&S the day of the accident. No publicity stunt just fact.

SV
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My first thought was 3 weeks when I saw the damage...I should be an accident surveyor!

Would love to know why the Reay's driver reportedly felt the need to kick the cab open...

errr because the door was jammed and the driver couldn't get out Take a look at the photo the front step has quite a kink.

SV

 

[CumbrianJosh]

20710 working the 1010, 1210, 1410, 1610 505 Windermere to Coniston.

14259 out on 599s while 17012 is off road.

Guess who was lucky enough to travel on both today!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60671109@N08/7652661456/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60671109@N08/7652659052/in/photostream/

20710 still seems good as new, the 505 is quite a demanding route and it coped better than most of the R***XVM 's normally do hope its around for another few years although I know it wont be..

 

[mbonwick]

I appreciate that, but according to N&S the driver was already out - so why the need to go in?

IIRC the emergency stop for a dart is under the bonnet at the rear.

 

[Ado 16]

A Postcard from London someone tweeted earlier today: https://twitter.com/BenSoffa/status/228474771678052352/photo/1

 

[Class20]

Solo 47488 has been repainted, loosing its route 84 branding. All four Fleetwood Solos (47482/83/88/89) are now in plain Stagecoach livery working off Preston, though 47482 does retain its rear advert.

Have Morecambe's E300s headed to London yet?, pretty sure I spotted one from a distance outside Euston station yesterday.

 

[stagecoachuk]

Sorry stagecoachuk your miss informed, the driver did know as he spoke to the N&S the day of the accident. No publicity stunt just fact.

SV
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errr because the door was jammed and the driver couldn't get out Take a look at the photo the front step has quite a kink.

SV

Somebody might want to inform the driver in question then as he has no knowledge of speaking to any press!
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I appreciate that, but according to N&S the driver was already out - so why the need to go in?

IIRC the emergency stop for a dart is under the bonnet at the rear.

N&S just making that bit up. Reays lad tried kicking it in to get the driver out!
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Owing to many factors including the worse traffic since last christmas Carlisle threw up some interesting allocations today.

We had 18357 on the 60 (First time for a Trident). It is now to be used on Town service instead of 104 as schools are off.

34700 on the 554 and 16329 back out on Seatollers.

34079 made it's maiden voyage out of Carlisle this morning, booked onto the first 685 but never left the garage and failed. It was later chucked out onto the 94 due to shortages but failed again later in the day replaced by 20965.

20965 and 47018 started the day on the 38 today but 20965 failed which was then replaced by 47020 which also failed later in the day and ended up running 30 mins late.

We had 16337 on the 600 and 20133 on the 685.

Lillyhall had 20902 on the 600 as normal but it failed in Carlisle and went back to Lillyhall light.

20959 is going on loan to Kendal for the weekend while we get 20945 out of Penrith. We were due to get 20711 but changed last minute.

We have sent 5 of out 6 buses to Liverpool now with the 6th going next week after service.

 

[CumbrianJosh]

Somebody might want to inform the driver in question then as he has no knowledge of speaking to any press!
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N&S just making that bit up. Reays lad tried kicking it in to get the driver out!
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Owing to many factors including the worse traffic since last christmas Carlisle threw up some interesting allocations today.

We had 18357 on the 60 (First time for a Trident). It is now to be used on Town service instead of 104 as schools are off.

34700 on the 554 and 16329 back out on Seatollers.

34079 made it's maiden voyage out of Carlisle this morning, booked onto the first 685 but never left the garage and failed. It was later chucked out onto the 94 due to shortages but failed again later in the day replaced by 20965.

20965 and 47018 started the day on the 38 today but 20965 failed which was then replaced by 47020 which also failed later in the day and ended up running 30 mins late.

We had 16337 on the 600 and 20133 on the 685.

Lillyhall had 20902 on the 600 as normal but it failed in Carlisle and went back to Lillyhall light.

20959 is going on loan to Kendal for the weekend while we get 20945 out of Penrith. We were due to get 20711 but changed last minute.

We have sent 5 of out 6 buses to Liverpool now with the 6th going next week after service.

34079 failed(even after almost a year off)...
20965 failed....
47020 failed....
20902 failed....
17017 uhm.... was fine!
there never use to be that many breakdowns even 5 years ago did there?

 

[Whistler40145]

CumbrianJosh, I can understand that the number of failures is likely to be high due to newer vehicles being sent to London for the Olympics & expect this is putting a strain on those vehicles that in normal daily use wouldn't have been expected to be put quite demanding duties.

Will there be any further re-allocations of the North West fleet that could make improvements to vehicle reliability?

Is it a case of 'Make do & mend' until the Olympics are over?

 

[stagecoachuk]

CumbrianJosh, I can understand that the number of failures is likely to be high due to newer vehicles being sent to London for the Olympics & expect this is putting a strain on those vehicles that in normal daily use wouldn't have been expected to be put quite demanding duties.

Will there be any further re-allocations of the North West fleet that could make improvements to vehicle reliability?

Is it a case of 'Make do & mend' until the Olympics are over?

Make do with the rubbish we have until they come back. We will be short on Monday so look out for some Optares on routes they shouldnt be!

We had 20965 on the 61 today after r34695 failed and refusing to use 34079.

34700/34703 on Dumfries runs.

34700 failed replaced by 20904. One of the Seatollers also failed today.

Got to love the Olympics and the mess it has left!

 

[Whistler40145]

After the Olympics have finished, does Stagecoach North West & Cumbria have a list of planned withdrawals depending on the number of new vehicles being put into traffic?

 

[mbonwick]

Yes - unfortnately that list is almost exclusively decker (due to only decks being ordered this year), and even then includes some of the most reliable vehicles in the region!

 

[CumbrianJosh]

Make do with the rubbish we have until they come back. We will be short on Monday so look out for some Optares on routes they shouldnt be!

We had 20965 on the 61 today after r34695 failed and refusing to use 34079.

34700/34703 on Dumfries runs.

34700 failed replaced by 20904. One of the Seatollers also failed today.

Got to love the Olympics and the mess it has left!

I think 24123 might have failed around early afternoon, I saw it this morning then 16336 was on its time slot around 3 hours later.

 

[stagecoachuk]

I think 24123 might have failed around early afternoon, I saw it this morning then 16336 was on its time slot around 3 hours later.

Not that I know of. 16336 was on the Carlisle short slot.

34700 spent the afternoon on Seatoller after 17217 was towed back from Keswick.
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After the Olympics have finished, does Stagecoach North West & Cumbria have a list of planned withdrawals depending on the number of new vehicles being put into traffic?

Yes and it's not nice! For people who like decent stuff and not clapped out low floor rubbish!

 

[Whistler40145]

I expect the depot engineering staff are performing miracles getting some older vehicles back on the road following a failure?

 

[CumbrianJosh]

Not that I know of. 16336 was on the Carlisle short slot.

It came into Penrith bus station at 14:45ish with Centre Parcs on the front, but I'd seen 24123 on the 13:15 from Penrith with the same driver so they had obviously swapped the buses round for some reason.

 

[cainebj]

22599 putting in an appearance on 30's today instead of a Solo, for the Maryport Blues Festival.

 

[Paul Mcgill]

17016 is Visiting Lancaster depot tonight as my driver shuttle bus from Kendal. This week we have had 14245,14252,14267,15724,20710 and 17016