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mbonwick

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47159 came into the bus station with 81a "Lancaster" on the blinds but headed off again into town with some Grammar lads on board.

That terminates at Common Garden Street, so is quite popular with lads and girlfriends as it gives them more time together and a shorter distance to walk.

I can only assume that 47007 will only be going for a few weeks until new diagrams are drawn up and the PVR is sorted.
 

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42565 and 42566 both on Workington Bus Station Annexe.
20919 on 37 (what a surprise! a step entrance on the 37 that is supposed to provide an accessible link between Workington and Maryport!!!).
33169 and a 51 reg Solo on Harrington and 101.
47059 on 51.
 

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Heard today that ME are getting 9 60 plate Scania E400's by September for the 40/41. This will displace the 3 remaining Leylands and 6 Olympians. Also I can only assume that the "3" is solos from Preston to replace our oldies.

The student who was hit by 17024 last week died in Hospital on Wednesday. There was an investigation and video from the city centre CCTV showed that it was an accident and that the SC driver was not at fault. The student in question had been out drinking in Manchester and was warned by the driver of the Travellers coach that a bus was coming round so to be careful if crossing the road. She ran out and the decker driver had a second at most to react. She flew about 30 feet, she really didn't stand a chance.

18327 on 941
20463 on 942
21005 on schools
20131 on short 3
 

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This afternoon:
20463 on 942
16668 on 940
A very ill sounding 21005, with dead display, on 1550 49 and 1640 55.
18359 on 1620 556 (left at 1644!)
 

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Titans 10179 and 10728 have been collected from Carlisle depot on behalf of Mike Nash by Renown Bus Works.
 

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17024 is back on the road, it worked a service 41 to Preston this afternoon.

--- old post above --- --- new post below ---

Noted on the VOSA website:-

PC0000043/286 - RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES LTD T/A STAGECOACH IN LANCASHIRE, STAGECOACH NORTH WEST, T/A RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES, BROADACRE HOUSE, 16 - 20 LOWTHER STREET, CARLISLE, CA3 8DA
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Chorley Interchange and Chorley Interchange given service number 4 effective from 28-Mar-2010. To amend Timetable.

PC0002407/264 - STAGECOACH (NORTH WEST) LTD T/A CUMBERLAND MOTOR SERVICES, SECOND FLOOR, BROADACRE HOUSE, 16 - 20 LOWTHER STREET, CARLISLE, CA3 8DA
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Ormsgill Terminus and St Bernards School given service number 24/21/22/23 effective from 12-Apr-2010. To amend Timetable.
 
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Taken from the Lancaster Guardian:-

A STUDENT has died after being hit by a bus in Lancaster city centre.
Akta Patel, 20, had just got off a Travellers Choice coach opposite Sainsbury's in Cable Street at 3.30am last Friday when she was hit by a doubledecker bus.

The Lancaster University student, who had been on a night out with friends in Manchester, suffered head injuries and was first taken to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

She was then transferred to the Royal Preston Hospital at 7.15am where she remained in a critical condition until Wednesday afternoon, when her life support machine was switched off.

The empty Stagecoach N1 bus had just finished its shift for the night and had been returning to its White Lund depot.

The incident was captured on CCTV and the road was closed by police until 5.51am.

Stephie Barber, Stagecoach operations manager, said: "Our thoughts are with the student's family and friends at this very sad time.

"It's a sad waste. You go to university and you don't expect something like this to happen."

She described the incident as an 'unfortunate accident' and told how the 65-year-old Stagecoach driver from Marsh had spoken to the coach driver following the incident.

He had explained how he warned the girl and two of her friends to be careful as they got off and even sounded his horn.

She added that the Stagecoach driver, who was unhurt but shaken, had taken the following day off work.

Atka was a registered organ donor and it is understood that her organs have been donated to help save other lives.

Originally from London, she was a second year undergraduate student reading French Studies and Philosophy at Lancaster University.

A university spokeswoman said: "Akta will be sadly missed by many friends and family."

Witnesses should call police on 01524 63333.
 

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Wouldn't have thought so, unless it's for storage.



I know, we have 33167/8/9 currently working at LL, with another 2 in storage from KL.

Ahh mis-read, sorry!

RE: 33144, probably will be for storage/disposal by the sound of things.
 

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It's ex-Glenvale, and ex-GTL stuff seems to have had a massive fall from grace recently....
 

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From Lancashire Evening Post

More than 200 Preston Bus employees are to launch a sensational bid to buy the company back from Stagecoach, the Lancashire Evening Post can reveal.
Drivers, engineers and staff members at the company, which was taken over by Stagecoach in January last year, have decided on a bid to snatch back the firm, which must be sold off by May.

A smaller group of those employees has now been formed to thrash out a viable business plan, while outside investment has already been secured for the bid.

The employees also want to approach a former managing director of a major transport company to head up the attempt.

Paul Greenwood, of the UNITE union at Preston Bus, which represents most of those involved in the bid, said the employees would have to take their chances with other interested parties.

He added: "As far as I am aware the sale process is still going through even though they (Stagecoach) have appealed and as it stands at present the staff have come together and are planning to buy it back.

"They are looking at all the accounts now and will bid for the company in the same way as any other people who are interested.

"We had a meeting of staff to get a general feeling about the idea and the general feeling was yes. Basically, we have a team together now to look at a viability of it.

"We thought it would be well received in Preston and very popular."

Stagecoach snapped up Preston Bus in a £6.4m deal following a bitter 'bus wars' in the summer of 2007, which saw both companies flooding popular routes with vehicles in a battle for customers.

The employee group at Preston Bus insist they have not yet put a value on their bid and will only do so once they have studied the accounts and finalised their plans.

Since the Competition Commission ordered Stagecoach to sell Preston Bus last November, Stagecoach has refused to confirm whether there has been any interest from elsewhere.

A spokesman for Stagecoach said they would not be commenting on the sale process.
 

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Wow good for them! Although I'm not sure whether it will work and be the best path good on em for trying. The worry will be that exactly the same thing will happen as the last time.
 

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I would like to wish the employees at Preston Bus luck with their bid. But i fear they will end up back at square one.

The first thing the successful buyer needs to do, is recoup its initial outlay ASAP, with-out weaking the company further.
 
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I agree, I think the company needs a big investment and I don't think the PB employees will have the capital to do that unless they have a wealthy backer...

How many buses are still in storage at ME?
 
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42565 on 58.
47024 on Staff Shuttle between Workington Bus Station and Barkers Footbridge.
20761 on LL operated 300.
47059 on 50.
47023 on 51.
33167, 33169 and 47007 on Harrington and 101.
47005 joined the Staff Shuttle's later on.

yet again, both Fiesta Van and 47024 going down to the footbridge on staff shuttles within seconds! when i was down there before, the fiesta van went down with just the driver, with 47024 being no more than 30 seconds behind it, with only the driver on!
 

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42565 on 58.
47024 on Staff Shuttle between Workington Bus Station and Barkers Footbridge.
20761 on LL operated 300.
47059 on 50.
47023 on 51.
33167, 33169 and 47007 on Harrington and 101.
47005 joined the Staff Shuttle's later on.

yet again, both Fiesta Van and 47024 going down to the footbridge on staff shuttles within seconds! when i was down there before, the fiesta van went down with just the driver, with 47024 being no more than 30 seconds behind it, with only the driver on!

That happens in lancaster all the time
 

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47617 on Workington Town Services this afternoon.
47060 on Whitehaven - Workington 30.
35247 on Maryport - Barepot 30.
20779 on 301.
53337 on X5.
47005 on annexe.
 
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