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16294 (Open top Vol Oly at Kendal) has been given the same green based livery as the new open top Tridents.
 
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awesome!!! i love the green corporate livery! fits the area really well! i think the ex bullocks one will look odd though once converted and in service! wouldnt bee so bad if there were a few others with it, but as it stands, it will be the odd one out! the only one that isnt alexander bodied lol
 

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No sorry got it from Bus mag was in the fleet news. yeah it will look out of place lol but still look good.

In other news it looks like Stagecoach will be running 2 depots in Preston unless they expand to a new larger base which would have to be purpose built.
 

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2 depots woudl bne easie r for them hahah, but bein stagiecoahc they orobabyl wanna save cash so wouldnt spurise me if they found somewheere else and built new one, keeep it all in oen place :-P
 

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At both of PBs current depots and SCs there is no room for expansion, so odds are they'll go to a new out-of-town site.

20546 has had a retrim.
 

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i apologise for my previous post! letting me loose with a computer after drinking cider isnt good!

PO51WLP (47023) was on Moorclose 51.
N201UHH (40001) was on Harrington 46, and has a dead display! sign in windscreen "46".
N215UHH (40015) was on Workington Bus Station Annexe.
S797KRM (52627) was on Penrith X4.
PO51WLR (47024) was on Moorclose 50.
as both ex Preston solo's were on Moorclose where they should be, i presume 47616 and 47617 were on Mirehouse Circulars 3 & 4.
K737DAO (20737) was on School Service this morning.
N733LTN (16733) was "Sorry not in service" having just came off school work.
PX56CWO (35248 ) was on Whitehaven 31 at 1240ish.
M595OSO (20195) was running "dead" after BNG Contract presumably. 20195 is the only B10m with front, side and rear LED displays at Lillyhall.
N213UHH (40013) was on Harrington 46.
a 709d went onto Moorclose circular (i think it was 40001).
there was a B10m in bus station but didnt see its identity. it could have been on Maryport 31 but not sure.
M595OSO (20195) was on Workington Bus Station annexe about 30 mins ago (1550 ish).
N465VOD (40445) had a dead display (random bricks placed across screen), and had sign in window "46A".
 
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haha I knew you were drunk lol. We had 20786 on the D5 service today and I've never sene it before. Is it on loan to Kendal for some reason?

Oh a retrim for 20546 just the seats I assume.

I don't think all the B10's have LED back lights as some of the ones I've seen today still have ones like the Trident 2's.
 

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17020 heading for Lancaster along Morecambe Rd Out of service - the rebuild looks quite neat.
 

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i'll try to keep away from computer tonight! finishing the rest of the box off haha.

20786 is probably on loan for whatever reason. i'll try to find out why, but chances are i won't! never find out anything about Barrow (i assume 20786 is still a Barrow vehicle :-P)
 

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yeah it is a Barrow vehicle so must be on loan but no idea why and they have taken the trouble to program Kendal destinations into the blinds so its not just a few days loan i would imagine.
 

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hmm, i wonder what is going on lol. i havnt heard anything about it yet, unless its a late decided transfer
 

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I wouldn't be so sure about it being a long term loan. 20898 had Lancaster destinations programmed into it and it was only with us for 1 or 2 weeks.
 

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very good point. I'm not sure why it would be on a temp transfer tho unless another B10 has gone out of service for a short while for one reason or another. Who knows!

I don't thin Kendal still have 30342 anymore do they. It was drafted in to replace 20775.
 

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30342 is back in reserve. Very oddball thing that - B6BLE, but with no kneeling or wheelchair ramp and Wright Crusade body. Should really be disposed of - plenty of better buses about, especially given that it's had its chassis welded up to cure persisent rusting.
 

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they should get 30342 to lillyhall to replace L119HHV (32917).
32917 is usually BNG only these days, so i guess a wheelchair ramp or kneeling isnt really needed for it lol
 

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Might just be a good idea that...hadn't occured to me before. Would make more sense, although 30342 may be undergoing parts robbing before scrapping. It is N reg after all, and M reg B6s are being sent for the torch.
Arguably, 32917 should be sent as well!
 

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Barrow's 52635 (S665 SDT) coach which is branded for the X1 Barrow/Carlisle/Gretna service has been transferred to Lillyhall for private hire work, it will probably replace either VRR - 52196 or RBZ - 52268

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have a feeling it will replace RBZ on the tour work with it being newer :cry:

as you can probably tell i love VRR and RBZ lol
 

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it was!
click here to see a picture of 52635 at Metro Centre car park, with no destination display, Stagecoach Express livery, and a board in window saying "X3 WHITEHAVEN"
 

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it has its nice flip dot display these days :-P
seen your pic of 14233 and commented haha
 

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hmmm, could have been. it did have a flip dot when it went to barrow though lol.

M104XBW used to run X3 too! click here for a pic.

i wish RBZ still had its LED display! click here to see RBZ with, and here for RBZ with flip dot it currently has.
 
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spent the past hour trying to find out where 52635 came from!
it went to Lillyhall in 2006 from reserve. at some point before that, it done National Express work. i think it has also been with Stagecoach Western, but not totally sure yet, still researching into it.

totally off topic, but K768 DAO, you might be interested in this if you havnt read it before! (this has nothing to do with stagecoach, but is related to West Cumbria. it basically sums up the area!)
 
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