August 1st 2015: Stagecoach Olympian Special (Part Two)

1/8/2015

Information posted on August 1st 2015 at 09:30
Stagecoach Olympians hanging on… (Part Two)
In the second part of our review of the locations of the Volvo Olympians still with Stagecoach we focus on the South and South East fleets as well as East and North Scotland, which total over 90 vehicles. We will look at the remaining Leyland Olympians in a future review.

Stagecoach South
Stagecoach South has 40 Volvo Olympians on its books with by far the highest number (14) being based at Aldershot.
In Service (39)
Winchester Rail Replacement Unit: 16292, 16502, 16767, 16787
Winchester: 16304, 16591, 16769, 16797, 16798, 16799
Aldershot: 16261, 16282, 16302, 16305, 16468, 16624, 16625, 16627, 16628, 16629, 16631, 16632, 16748, 16756
Guildford: 16291, 16295
Basingstoke: 16262, 16268, 16523, 16524, 16525, 16590
Andover: 16129
Chichester: 16263, 16269, 16278, 16312, 16752
Delicenced (1)
Andover: 16293

Stagecoach South East
Currently with 40 Volvo Olympians on its books, many at Stagecoach South East are due to be replaced later this year and in early 2016 following the delivery of new vehicles and further cascaded Tridents from Manchester
In Service (44)
Herne Bay: 16297, 16501, 16505, 16506, 16507, 16509
Thanet: 16187, 16188, 16270, 16271, 16285, 16315, 16380, 16389
Ashford: 16012, 16014, 16023, 16026, 16792, 16804
Dover: 16021, 16025, 16090, 16298, 16361, 16364, 16367, 16382, 16592, 16740, 16760, 16788
Folkestone: 16130, 16139, 16365, 16366, 16390, 16773
Hastings: 16344, 16362, 16373, 16386, 16388, 16745
For Disposal (4)
Dover: 16022, 16387
Thanet: 16356
Hastings: 16371

Stagecoach Highlands
Just one Olympian remains in service with a further two open top examples in the Summer Reserve Fleet.
In Service (1)
Aviemore: 16120
Summer Reserve Fleet (2)
Inverness: 16393, 16454

Stagecoach Bluebird
Seven Olympians form part of the main operational fleet here with an Open Top example in the Summer Reserve Fleet.
In Service (7)
Aberdeen: 16111, 16116, 16117
Insch: 16112, 16121, 16153, 16190
Summer Reserve Fleet (1)
Aberdeen: 16863