jonesy3001
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They are repairing 16338 with the o/s front and cab area from 16655.
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47721 on Buttermere 77A.
16393 on 78.
18374 up on X8.
20129 on Seaton.
47007 and 47616 on Harrington.
47006 on Moorclose 50.
20919 was on Moorclose 51 early afternoon, but was replaced by 47617.
42025 on 58 as usual.
47023 on Maryport Town Circulars.
Cockermouth Main Street is closed this weekend, with a rather dodgy diversion in place for cars. i'm not sure if the buses are following it. drove down it myself earlier today, and found it a bit tight in a car, never mind a bus!
16393 on 78.
18374 up on X8.
20129 on Seaton.
47007 and 47616 on Harrington.
47006 on Moorclose 50.
20919 was on Moorclose 51 early afternoon, but was replaced by 47617.
42025 on 58 as usual.
47023 on Maryport Town Circulars.
Cockermouth Main Street is closed this weekend, with a rather dodgy diversion in place for cars. i'm not sure if the buses are following it. drove down it myself earlier today, and found it a bit tight in a car, never mind a bus!
Mattdw92
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Nice to see the usual array of allocations in the West... :roll:
although both 08 reg solos in Workington this afternoon?
--- sorry Whitehaven!
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rosswatson
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K777DAO
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Two things of interest from Captain Slow today...
52628 on an excursion to Blackpool!!! passed me at 8:15 on Curzon street.. Was rather suprised to see that one allocated for a long haul!!
Shall I call Barry P now? haha
And second...
34616 on my 30 home from work... I must say, in the past 6 month, this one had got worse!! On tickover, sounds like a 6LXB at full throttle, and shakes like hell!! still rather nippy, but my hearing will never be the same again!!!
52628 on an excursion to Blackpool!!! passed me at 8:15 on Curzon street.. Was rather suprised to see that one allocated for a long haul!!
Shall I call Barry P now? haha
And second...
34616 on my 30 home from work... I must say, in the past 6 month, this one had got worse!! On tickover, sounds like a 6LXB at full throttle, and shakes like hell!! still rather nippy, but my hearing will never be the same again!!!
rosswatson
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That's beyond a joke! Why go on a smelly Joncky all the way to Blackers, when you could go on a nice coach operated by a local independent? Just the sort of thing that plays right into the hands of Reays. Trips such as these should be done by a proper coach, such as the Mistral, or RBZ, oh, yeah, they've turned it into a trainer!!! :roll: Rant over.
shame the ex National Express Paragon's havn't moved up for private hires!
i still thought it was better when VRR and RBZ were on day trips. at least both of them were 46 seat "executive" Plaxton Expressliners around the same age! both extremely tidy inside as well! not a 44 seat "executive" Jonckheere Mistral alongside a 51 seat "interurban" Jonckheere Modulo! even though 52628 was retrimmed and had ceiling re-covered, the floor is still awful, and it still has the awful "wall" coverings that have become damaged after 11 years of TransCumbria services!
i still thought it was better when VRR and RBZ were on day trips. at least both of them were 46 seat "executive" Plaxton Expressliners around the same age! both extremely tidy inside as well! not a 44 seat "executive" Jonckheere Mistral alongside a 51 seat "interurban" Jonckheere Modulo! even though 52628 was retrimmed and had ceiling re-covered, the floor is still awful, and it still has the awful "wall" coverings that have become damaged after 11 years of TransCumbria services!
rosswatson
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And the smell of my feet on the back row!! LOL!!!
darrenw29
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darrenw29
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thought this was to be the ASDA bus in their livery!!!
Lilly Hall
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i was under the impression it was to be in ASDA livery as well. clearly not! suppose we'll see when it starts! unless any more information comes through to us!
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lack of fleetnames on the side is interesting! pending some sort of branding perhaps?
in other news:
47751/2 (plain white ex PB Solo's) and 47756 have been transferred to Stagecoach Yorkshire.
47757 has been transferred to Stagecoach Manchester
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Mattdw92
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Chris26584
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they were ideal for West Cumbria
Once again, its to do with how much budget West Cumbria has to spend on hiring the vehicles from Stagecoach UK Bus, I can imagine the Scanias have taken up a large percentage of their budget for this year and that Yorkshire being a bigger company and in some cases having bigger depots and having invested a lot last year will still have some money to invest in older vehicles this year.
Dallamlad
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Standby for a PVR increase at Chorley...................................more to follow........
Oh my my can you hint at what kind of vehilces...?
at least 2 optare's and a number of Oly's, refurbished ones at that
for the eagle eyed amongst you, im sure it will all become clear..
Dallamlad
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at least 2 optare's and a number of Oly's, refurbished ones at that
Interesting, are they coming from within the region or been sourced from outside? I'm sure your not wanting to let that much out but no harm in asking lol
Are the Olys coming from Preston by any chance? And is 16874 included?
No none from preston.......still awaiting confirmation but it looks like they will be from outside SCNW
Dallamlad
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Manchester's MagicBus cast off then, with any luck the S---RVU batch!
I agree I would have thought Manc. With any luck some other depots may benefit from some cast off Olys as well...
Dallamlad
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Not much to report today, B10 on 4 with 2 MANs on 55 and 81B, 14195,14196 and 14208 all made an appearance at the bus station today.
Me and forum member Mbonwick were commenting on how dirty some of the Hanovers on the MANs look!
Spring Garden Street or rather part of it have been closed for up to a week while they remove a crane so services have been diverted via Dalton square.
04 solos are looking increasingly tatty, will hopefullt be next up for attention after the MANs!
Me and forum member Mbonwick were commenting on how dirty some of the Hanovers on the MANs look!
Spring Garden Street or rather part of it have been closed for up to a week while they remove a crane so services have been diverted via Dalton square.
04 solos are looking increasingly tatty, will hopefullt be next up for attention after the MANs!
jonesy3001
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Just got back from blackpool due to the delays on the preston-lancaster line(something to do with a track defect) so had to catch the 40 from preston which happened to be 22807 and the rest that went past were scania's.
I have uploaded pics to my recent visit to rigby road depot yesterday.
I have uploaded pics to my recent visit to rigby road depot yesterday.
Dallamlad
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Saw 22807 coming into the Bus Station this afternoon!
jonesy3001
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Caught it at preston at 11:30 as the train we was on got cancelled and full off scots as it was glasgow week in blackpool. Got off it at queen square(12:45ish) because the loop was shut.
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