September 24th 2020 @ 12:20: Fleet Ramblings

24/9/2020

Stagecoach North Scotland [Bluebird]
Optare Solo 47562 was transferred from Peterhead to the Reserve Fleet on the 28th August and a few days later, along with 47578, was sold.
Volvo B7R 53317, which had been delicensed here, has been transferred to Stagecoach North Scotland [Highlands].
Two further Volvo B12Bs, 53107/12, have been taken out of service here and earmarked for conversion to training vehicles.
Enviro 300 27799 has transferred from Macduff to Insch in exchange for MAN/Enviro 300 22791, whilst Optare Solo 47601 from Macduff is currently out of service for repairs.
A transfer from Macduff to Elgin is Volvo B9R 53609.

Stagecoach Manchester
Enviro 400 Hybrids now in the Magicbus fleet are 12223/28 at Hyde Road and 12234 at Sharston.
A large number of Reserve Fleet vehicles have been returned to service. Enviro 400 19271 and Enviro 200 36075 are now back in service at Ashton.
Further Enviro 400s back in service are:
19232/35/36/37/38/42/43/47, 19403 in the main fleet at Sharston
19220/21/22/23/24/25/39/44/45/46/52/53 in the Magicbus fleet at Sharston
19248/49/51/58, 19400/04 in the main fleet at Hyde Road
19255/57/59/60/61 in the Magicbus fleet at Hyde Road
19178/80, 19228/29/31/34/41, 19327/28/30/33 at Stockport
Reserve Fleet Enviro 19185 is currently operating from Wigan depot.

Stagecoach East
A further Bedford-allocated ADL Enviro 400MMC to have the Peterborough Citi branding removed is 10875 whilst Enviro 400 19704 has finally transferred from Bedford to Peterborough.

Stagecoach North Scotland [Highlands]
Enviro 200 27587 from Skye is for disposal here and has been replaced by 27591 transferred from Inverness.
Moving from Inverness to Tain are Enviro 300s 27597 and 27810 along with Enviro 200 37257 and Optare Solo 47565 whilst Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 44027 is a transfer from Inverness to Aviemore.
Moving to Inverness are Optare Solos 47566 from Tain and 47573 from the Reserve Fleet whilst Reserve Fleet 47567 is now for disposal here.
Additional vehicles here out of service for long term repairs are Enviro 200 36197 from Inverness, Volvo B12B 53103 from the Reserve Fleet, Volvo B7R 53317 transferred here from the Bluebird fleet and MAN/Enviro 300 22864 from Inverness.
Formally part of the Joint Venture fleet Volvo B9R 53623 is now allocated to Tain with 53624 allocated to Skye.

Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Spare Dart SLF 34882 was observed in the Banbury area yesterday which suggests it was either being moved from Oxford to Banbury or was being used as a staff/engineers shuttle. More details awaited.

Stagecoach East Scotland
Not a fleet movement, but of significance is the announcement that the company will not be restoring conductors to its Tayway 73 service. Conductors were taken off the route at the start of ‘lockdown’ and it will now be a driver only operation.
Conductors were re-introduced to the route, which operates between Arbroath and Dundee 25 years ago. SKM understands that 31 conductors were employed which the Unite union says are now at risk of redundancy.

Stagecoach Yorkshire
The exchange of a further two Gold-spec Scania/Enviro 400s for standard examples took place last weekend with 15535 and 15609 moving from Barnsley to Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’s Birkenhead depot. Moving the other way were 15590/91 from Gilmoss.
Dart SLFs returned to service here are 35236/63 at Barnsley and 35109/11, 35231/32/33/34/61 at Ecclesfield. Also returned to service here are Enviro 200s 36178/79/81 and MAN/ALX300s 22435/45 at Barnsley and MAN/Enviro 300 22542 at Rawmarsh. Delicensed here for repairs are MAN/Enviro 300 22537 from Rawmarsh and Optare Solo 47724 from Barnsley.
Additional Scania/Enviro 400s on loan to Holbrook are 15660 from Barnsley and 15695 from Chesterfield.
Dart SLFs 34582/83, 34720/22 and 35107 are now for disposal here.

Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
In use today for ‘The Peoples Friend’ promotional tour is Kendal-allocated Enviro 200 36100.