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December 3rd 2018

3/12/2018

 
Information posted on December 3rd 2018 at 09:50
✤Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Look out for a ‘Santa Bus’ around the Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire area over the next few weeks. MAN/Enviro 300 22877 has received seasonal branding.
Volvo Olympian 16651, Volvo B10M 20459, Optare Solo Information Bus 47881 and MAN/ALX300 22823 have all now been sold to T Wigley (dealer). Now for disposal here is MAN/ALX300 22149 from West Cumbria which has been replaced in the operational fleet by Dart SLF 34708 from the Reserve Fleet.

✤Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
We understand that at least one of the former Stagecoach Midlands Gold-spec Scania/Enviro 400s is now in service here. 15743 was one of three that initially went on loan to Stagecoach West for Cheltenham race duties before transferring to the Merseyside fleet.
 
✤Stagecoach East
ADL Enviro 400MMC 10871 is currently out of service and requires body repairs following a road traffic collision last Saturday.
 
✤Stagecoach Midlands
A second Scania/East Lancs vehicle at Kettering to lose Corby Star livery is 15402, which now carries corporate livery.
 
✤Stagecoach South West
New ADL Enviro 200MMCs 37468-81 are now allocated to Exeter, which has resulted in a large number of changes to the Dart SLF allocation here with 34859-64 (and Enviro 200s 36221-23 transferred from Exeter to Torquay; 34776/77 from Exeter to Plymouth and 34877 along with 35154 from Torquay to Plymouth. 
Now in the Reserve Fleet are 34613 and 34725/29 from Exeter, 34607/09/10 from Plymouth and 34406-09, 34612/14/86/89 from Torquay to Reserve.
At Plymouth, 37468-81 for Exeter City I J K and T routes with any spare vehicles being allocated to Exeter City  R & S Routes. At Torquay, 36221-23 for the 39 Exeter to Newton Abbot via Bovey  route
34776, 34859/61/62/63/64 were taken from Exeter to Plymouth on Sunday December 2ndwith 34777 and 34860 following once all the new ADL Enviro 200MMCs are in service.
 
✤Ensign Bus
With the usual thanks to Ross Newman, we are able to detail activity at the Essex dealership during November 2018
Vehicles in
From Go-Ahead London: Darts SN51UAD/UAL; Volvo B7TLs LF52ZPK, LX06DZS/DZT; Enviro 200s YX60FUA/FUB/FUG/FUH/FUJ/FUM/FUP/FUT; Scania’s PN09EKU, PO59KFW/KFY
From Tower Transit: Enviro 200 YX61FZJ.
From Hedingham: Tridents T812RFG   W824NNJ
From Stagecoach London: Tridents LX03BWN/ORG, LX53KAE/KAU/KBE/KBF/KBJ, LX55ERJ/ESN, LX06AFZ/AGO.
From ACME Transport: Tridents T664/685KPU
From Abellio London: Enviro 400s SN12APF/APK/APO/APU.
From Metroline: Darts LK55KLL/KLJ/KLV.
From Renown Coaches: Volvo B7RLE’s GN06EVL/EVH; Volvo B10Ms B10 MVO, AFZ3857, XIL9400
Vehicles Out
LX53BAO: Henry Thomas, Wolverhampton
Enviro 200s YX60FUA/FUG/FUJ/FUM: Country Bus, Newton Abbots, Devon.
Enviro 200s YX60FUB/FUP/FUT: Canavan Travel, Glasgow.
Enviro 200 YX60FUH: Grant Palmer, Dunstable.
Enviro 200 YX61FZJ: Langston and Tasker, Steeple Claydon, Bucks.
Enviro 400s SN12APF/APK/APO/APU: Big Bus, London.
Dart LK55KLL: Red Route Buses, Northfleet.
Volvo B7TL LX53AZN: Valerie Williams, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Enviro 200s YX09AEY/AFK: Faresaver, Chippenham, Wilts.
Scania YN54AJX: Hornsby Coaches, Scunthorpe, Lincs.
Olympian S752KBA: Riseandshinesignpost, Eastbourne.
Enviro 400 SN11BNY: City Direct, Galway, Eire.
Volvo B7TL PG04WHB: Hams Travel, Flimwell, East Sussex.
Volvo B7TL LX06DZH: TM Coach Hire, Dunmurray, Eire.
Volvo B7TL LJ53BAO: Decker Bus, Peterborough.
Volvo B7TL LF52ZPK: Cayley Primary School, London E14.
}Volvo B7TLs  LX06DYS/DZT: Surrey Coach Hire, Kingswood, Surrey.
Enviro 200 YX61FZJ: Langston and Tasker, Steeple Claydon, Bucks.
Trident T685KPU: Axe Valley, Seaton, Devon.
Darts SN51UAD/UAL: Hardwicks, Barnsley.
Dart LK55KLV: Red Route Buses, Northfleet.
Trident T664KPU: North East Coaches, County Durham
To MC Tractors for scrap: Tridents LG02FAA/FAU, T812RFG, W824NNJ, LX03ORG; Darts LX06EYV, SN03WMK; Volvo B7TL’s LX06DZO, PN02XBO, PJ02RCF.
Ensign Fleet
The final Dart, 785, has been sold to Hams Travel, Flimwell.

Information posted on December 3rd 2018 at 11:55
✤Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
We hear that 19 new ADL Enviro 400MMC vehicles are due here with delivery of the first ones being imminent. They are Scarborough-built examples and will carry fleet numbers 11139-57. There vehicles were not part of the Stagecoach UK Bus 2018/19 order so are either an addition to that order or are advance deliveries that will be included in the 2019/20 capital expenditure budget. eighteen of the vehicles are for Morecambe with the 19th expected to be allocated to Carlisle.


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