October 25th 2018

© Richard Morgan

Information posted on October 25th 2018 at 14:00
✤Stagecoach Midlands
Trident 18155 at Northampton has received an all over advertising wrap for Hits Radio.
 
✤Stagecoach West
Dart SLF 34597 has been withdrawn from service at Swindon and is now for disposal., whilst Reserve Fleet Tridents 17722 and 18377 along with Scania/Enviro 400 15769 are now allocated to Stroud. Having been replaced with Optare Solo 47910 from the Reserve Fleet at North Bristol, 47621 has been transferred to Cheltenham. Former Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire Enviro 300 27705 is now allocated to Gloucester.
Further Gold-spec MAN/Enviro 300s out of service here and transferred to the Reserve Fleet are 22746 and 22754 from Stroud.
No longer part of the fleet here is Dart SLF 34404 whilst former Reserve Fleet buses now for disposal are Optare Versa 25232 and MAN/ALX300 22377.
 
✤Stagecoach North East
The company has confirmed that the three MAN/ALX300s recently disposed of have been sold to Alpha Recovery.
MAN/ALX300 22013 at Slatyford is now in the Reserve Fleet having been replaced in the main fleet there by 22428.
Further vehicle exchanges here have seen Enviro 200 36067 and 36088 transferred from Sunderland to Hartlepool in exchange for MAN/Enviros 200 39671 and 39711.
 
✤Megabus UK/Joint Venture
New Volvo B11Rs 54602/04-10 have been allocated to Rugby.
 
✤Stagecoach East
Withdrawn MAN/ALX300 22337 has now been moved from Peterborough to March depot for storage prior to disposal. Also now back at March is open top Bristol FLF 19952.
 
✤Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Reserve Fleet Dart SLF 34466 was back in operation from Banbury earlier this week allowing Enviro 200 36763 to go on loan to Oxford which is an unusual move given Banbury are currently operating 36762 which is on loan from Witney.
 
✤Stagecoach South East
Scania/Enviro 400 15442 has received a commemorative ‘poppy’ wrap.
 
✤Stagecoach Yorkshire
Hybrid Enviro 400 12092 is the latest vehicle of the type to receive corporate livery.
 
✤Stagecoach London
Tridents 17749, 17877, 17900/40/92/95 have been scrapped whilst 17976 is now with Stagecoach South East for component recovery and similar 18492/93 are recorded by the company as being transferred to Stagecoach Scotland, presumably East Scotland for the same purpose. 18215 has been donated to the police.
Delicenced for repairs are Enviro 400 Hybrid 12363, Volvo B5LH Hybrids 13005/09 and Scania/East Lancs 15123.
Enviro 400MMCs 11055 and 11058 are here and due to be allocated to Catford whilst unallocated Enviro 400s 10199, 10200/02/03 are for Rainham.
Enviro 200s 36556-69 have been taken out of service and are being returned to the leasing company.
Further Tridents now for disposal here are 17799, 17856, 17996, 18204, 18453/66/68/70, whilst 18488 which had been for disposal is now back on the fleet strength at West Ham.

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