Stagecoach North West Discussion

[cainebj]

on the note of 20952, the Stagecoach stickers on the sides are normally on the front and back, with bigger ones on the sides.

47616 on 50.
47007 on 51.
47023, 47059 and 33169 on Harrington and 101.
20768 on X5.
47005 used as staff shuttle, along with 47060 (think it might have been on 37 as well).
saw 40028 go into Maryport, not sure if it was a Town Circular or on 58.

20908 on 300.
20977 on 600.
mini dart 33076 with a very full load on Citi 67 and Citi 68.
Citi Dart's being used as staff shuttle or just sat in the shed.
2 Citi Darts on 75 (about time 2 Citi Darts were on it, with the timetable being Citi 75 now. plus, the Darts fit the route much better than the B10M's that have been on).
a Citi Dart on 66.

a rubbed down Trident with LED in the bus wash at Carlisle.
2 Olys, a 76 branded Dart and 2 B10M's in workshops.

Lillyhall have updated displays yet again. scrolling has been eliminated on side LED's, meaning "50 Moorclose Circular" is squashed on the side display quite tightly, and looks pretty odd. i think i preferred the old "50 Moorclose" changing to "50 Circular", at least it was readable from a larger distance! route such as "Thornhill 30" have went back to the old "30 Thornhill" on side display etc. rear and front displays still retain their scrolling.
"Footbridge Shuttle 101" on LED's is showing "Workington Footbridge 101", whereas on flip dots it is just showing "Footbridge 101".

 

[jonesy3001]

My fotopic site is up and running.
http://darryl-p-jones.fotopic.net/

 

[cainebj]

missed a bus off the stuff i saw!
16733 is on 31 (saw it just a few mins ago when i was out in my car).

 

[K768 DAO]

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[cainebj]

wonder if they'll put it as "Workington Footbridge 30" and "Workington Footbridge 31", with them putting "Workington Footbridge" on the 101 today. "Workington Footbridge" will make more sense than "Workington".

 

[Dallamlad]

I see 20762 has new style seats! I hope they get taken out before it is scrapped/sold. Saying that if they are sold they may stay in.

http://darryl-p-jones.fotopic.net/p62927950.html

Nice site Jonesy I look forward to seeing more photos pop up soon!

20463, 20544,16659 and an B10B (either 21003 or 21004) appeared on the 2/2a today. 17023, after running the 40 in thre afternoon always got put on the 2a seen in Bowerham around 6.40. It may have replaced something non low floor but I don't know.

Spotted 2 inspectors today one at Common Garden this evening and the other in Bowerham this morning. He popped on, checked the passenger numbers and then got off.

 

[jonesy3001]

I see 20762 has new style seats! I hope they get taken out before it is scrapped/sold. Saying that if they are sold they may stay in.

http://darryl-p-jones.fotopic.net/p62927950.html

Nice site Jonesy I look forward to seeing more photos pop up soon!

20463, 20544,16659 and an B10B (either 21003 or 21004) appeared on the 2/2a today. 17023, after running the 40 in thre afternoon always got put on the 2a seen in Bowerham around 6.40. It may have replaced something non low floor but I don't know.

Spotted 2 inspectors today one at Common Garden this evening and the other in Bowerham this morning. He popped on, checked the passenger numbers and then got off.

Thanks. The B10B might have been 21004 has 21003 is in the yard for accident damage repairs.

 

[mbonwick]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11396659@N05/sets/72157623216282216/

2 shots from me of 14204, sorry about the poor quality - taken on my phone.

 

[Dallamlad]

Thanks. The B10B might have been 21004 has 21003 is in the yard for accident damage repairs.

What happened to 21003?

That may be one of the last shots of 14204 Mbonwick

Does 16877 look ready Jonesy?

 

[mbonwick]

I know, I hurried into the bus station at 1619 expecting to have missed the 556, only to see 14204 just finishing boarding on the 55A, so I dashed out to grab those shots.

I know they'll be some of the last

 

[Dallamlad]

I was in the bus station about 4.30 and spotted the 556 which reminds me 18355 was on the D2 and its been repainted. Think its been mentioned on here but thought I'd mention it.

 

[jonesy3001]

What happened to 21003?

That may be one of the last shots of 14204 Mbonwick

Does 16877 look ready Jonesy?

Couldn`t `tell you about 21003 but i know that 16877 might be out next week.

 

[mbonwick]

Must've just missed you again Dallamlad

18355 has now got "standard" fleetnumbers under the window, white on blue like the Olys.

 

[Dallamlad]

Must've just missed you again Dallamlad

18355 has now got "standard" fleetnumbers under the window, white on blue like the Olys.

Yep thats how I knew it had been repainted. Couldn't see the rest of it.

I wonder what will be the first service 16877 runs lol

Whats 16648 up to?

 

[KendalKing]

20463, 20544,16659 and an B10B (either 21003 or 21004) appeared on the 2/2a today. 17023, after running the 40 in thre afternoon always got put on the 2a seen in Bowerham around 6.40. It may have replaced something non low floor but I don't know.

I followed 20463 twice today, first time it was on a 2 or 2a, i followed it up Hala Hill and Newmarket Avenue, then when i was running dead back to the depot at Carnforth, i followed it up the A6, when it was working an 55.

 

[jonesy3001]

Yep thats how I knew it had been repainted. Couldn't see the rest of it.

I wonder what will be the first service 16877 runs lol

Whats 16648 up to?

It`s in the garage awaiting repairs.

 

[Dallamlad]

It`s in the garage awaiting repairs.

And an LED hopefully

 

[K768 DAO]

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[cainebj]

i wonder how p*ssed off passengers will be next week with these minor changes!
quite a lot of passengers took quite badly to the standard service changes on 4th jan, mostly cos they were only advertised in Workington Bus Station, and appeared on the stagecoach website a matter of days before (advertising service changes on Whitehaven local services in Workington is pretty stupid when Whitehaven passengers aren't around to see whats changing on their routes).

on that note, timetables of temporary services STILL aren't on the Stagecoach website! the link for them takes you back to the normal homepage where all the normal timetables are!

 

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[driver9000]

I saw an odd looking Dart (33xxx) in Preston this afternoon, a P reg branded for the Citi network its numberplate ended YCW so I thought it was a Merseyside interloper but then saw the Ribble lettering. Ive not seen it before....

14204 on the 42 this evening Blackpool bound - still life in the old girl yet!

 

[cainebj]

theres 2 of them at Preston. East Lancs Spryte bodies. i'm not a fan of them. hopefully they're not around too much longer!

 

[mbonwick]

It's thought that SC Merseyside are going to dispose of all their sprytes.

 

[KendalKing]

I saw an odd looking Dart (33xxx) in Preston this afternoon, a P reg branded for the Citi network its numberplate ended YCW so I thought it was a Merseyside interloper but then saw the Ribble lettering. Ive not seen it before....

Are you sure it was P---YCW, NOT P---DCW ?
As the P---YCW batch (33131-33142) are Wright Crusader bodied Darts, and P---DCW batch (33143-33150) are East Lancs Spryte bodied ones, of which 33143/4 are based at Preston Frenchwood.

 

[driver9000]

KK Im not 100% as the numberplate was dirty Im pretty sure there was a 6 in the fleet number I only saw it from the back but I did notice that the destination box was slightly higher than the roof of the bus which points to it being a Spryte

 

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[cainebj]

has 16647's flip dot been fixed yet? could be that it ends up in that, with it seeing further service when it leaves Lillyhall in summer, especially as most Volvo Oly's are being LED'd these days.

 

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[cainebj]

true, but Lillyhall would be fitting an LED to a Kendal vehicle anyways. plus, Preston fitted an LED to 33169 when they had it on loan, so isn't really a reason why LL can't put it into a Volvo Oly with most being LED'd anyways.

20129 would make sense as well, as well as a retrim! a retrim might take away the smell of mouldy chinese takeaway and p*ss from near the back!

 

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