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RE: London Olympics Bus Services - tyresmoke - 02/07/2012 00:28
Makes sense, been talk of a large number of Enviro400's making their way to Manchester, replaced by Enviro300/Enviro400 from Yorkshire at Walkergate.
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - Bertiebus - 02/07/2012 15:57
Anyone know where these buses are being parked up!
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - mbonwick - 02/07/2012 15:59
West Ham garage for servicing, Upton Park for parking. (well for Stagecoach anyway)
First also have their own spare capacity, and there's the new 400-space park built by the ODA.
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - Vbg111v - 02/07/2012 22:10
But will there be enough drivers!.....
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/uk-world-news/2012/07/02/talks-to-avoid-bus-workers-strike-100252-31301862/
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - mbonwick - 02/07/2012 22:16
Only the London drivers are to strike (IMHO justifiably).
There's be an extra 2,630 Stagecoach drafted in for the games; http://www.stagecoach.com/media/news-releases/2012/2012-07-02-olympics-staff.aspx
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - Gillmoss 0324 - 03/07/2012 20:12
(02/07/2012 22:16)mbonwick Wrote: Only the London drivers are to strike (IMHO justifiably).
I agree also a pretty big cop out from BoJo on who's stating the issue is between the drivers and the private bus companies. If that's the case the private bus companies don't have to take his ridiculous 'Borismaster' which seems more of a step back than re-introducing jumbo Leyland Atlanteans to the capital.
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - maltabus - 03/07/2012 20:50
Why is greed justifiable?
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - SF07 - 04/07/2012 19:05
East of the M60 blog reporting on Stagecoach drivers heading south for the Olympics. 144 will heading from Manchester, 107 from Merseyside and South Lancs and 99 from Cumbria and North Lancs.
http://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/350-north-west-bus-drivers-fly-south-for-the-summer/#more-1827
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - gka472l - 12/07/2012 18:29
Stagecoach vehicles noted from various groups as already in/heading to London for Olympic work......only ones actually seen reported as opposed to planned are listed here.
10015/6/9-23/31/42-51
19369-73/6/541/2 (at Manchester, presume en route to London)
19469
27701-7/24/68-82/6/96-805
A lot more to be added to this list of course.........so please add below, hopefully we will have a definitive list of the several hundred vehicles fairly soon! Plus 56 Gemini's from Citybus/Ulsterbus are being borrowed by Stagecoach for Olympic use, and quite a few coaches from the same source!
RE: London Olympics Bus Services - gka472l - 14/07/2012 15:03
More gleaned from various Yahoo groups.......
10002-7
19617/60/1/3/4
27545-7/50/2/603-5/7-10