August 30th 2019 @ 11:45: Tridents in service with Stagecoach Manchester and the background to Stagecoach East Midlands Enviro 400MMC going on loan to Stagecoach Oxfordshire

30/8/2019

Stagecoach UK Bus
Stagecoach Manchester
With thanks to Philip Davies we are able to bring you an image of a Trident back in service on the streets of Manchester. 18326 is now allocated to Stockport and is on loan here from Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire.

Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
With thanks to Lee Wardle we have a couple of images taken during the journey on 28th August 2019 which saw MAN/Enviro 300s 22764 and 22877 swapped with Stagecoach East Midlands 22789/92.

Stagecoach Oxfordshire
We understand that Enviro 400MMC 10735 , on loan at Oxford from Stagecoach East Midlands, is to allow Scania/Enviro 400 15966 to be released from Oxford to Witney to provide cover whilst several Gold-spec Scania/Enviro 400s from Witney receive bodywork attention which is being done by Stagecoach East Midlands at its Hull bodyshop.

Go Ahead Group
East Yorkshire
A large number of vehicles will be re-licenced from 2nd September 2019 in preparation for the return of schools in the region.
These include Volvo B7TLs592, 662, 670, 672, 673, 674, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688 to Hull: 590, 669, 710 to Bridlington; 589 and 671 to Scarborough.
Open Top Volvo B7TLs 890 and 891 are confirmed as allocated to Scarborough
Vehicle transfers to report are Volvo B9TL 752 from Withernsea to Pocklington and similar 714 and 728 from Hull to Pocklington.
Vehicles delicenced are Volvo B9Rs 76 and 92 from the coaching unit at Hull along with Volvo B7RLE 342 and Enviro 200s 349 and 351 along with Dart SLF 495 from Hull. 495 was the last operational Dart SLF in the fleet.