+- Forum | Merseyside Dennis Dart Website (http://dartslf.com/forum)
+-- Forum: Buses (/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Local Bus Scene: North West and Wales (/forumdisplay.php?fid=2)
+--- Thread: First Manchester (/showthread.php?tid=366)
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731
RE: First Manchester - james - 28/04/2015 19:39
(27/04/2015 18:31)jimbo Wrote: Just 3?? I know a tender they could well be taking on that only requires 3 buses... Goes right out side of depot... Hmm....
the tender your refering to isnt up for retender it was changed from stm to stotts in jan 15 tenders are min 1 yr cant view document atm but its prob 1 or 3 yrs. but they arent for that purpose anyway
RE: First Manchester - jimbo - 29/04/2015 08:50
Hehe; well I'm guessinf they are still expecting a tender win as nobody would start a commercial on solos surely...
Well in Manchester; the 415 is mainly solos as it needs to be
RE: First Manchester - M60lad - 30/04/2015 06:03
I've been thinking over the past couple of days of what these additional Solos at QS are meant to be for and considering there's no route revisions or timetable changes coming up in the near future because they've already happened the only reason I can come up with for QS wanting these 3 Solos is actually for the upcoming Farnworth Tunnel works as despite the line being open for a limited amount of trains no trains will be able to call at Kearsley, Farnworth and Moses Gate so I'm wondering if these Solos will be either for Rail Replacements on the stopping services or maybe just Rail Replacement Standbys
RE: First Manchester - WhiteVanMan - 30/04/2015 09:23
(30/04/2015 06:03)M60lad Wrote: I've been thinking over the past couple of days of what these additional Solos at QS are meant to be for and considering there's no route revisions or timetable changes coming up in the near future because they've already happened the only reason I can come up with for QS wanting these 3 Solos is actually for the upcoming Farnworth Tunnel works as despite the line being open for a limited amount of trains no trains will be able to call at Kearsley, Farnworth and Moses Gate so I'm wondering if these Solos will be either for Rail Replacements on the stopping services or maybe just Rail Replacement Standbys
Good point M60Lad
With most trains between Preston and Manchester being rerouted via Wigan, due to the tunnel works, which is expected to last 22-weeks. Whilst there are rail replacement buses running daily between Bolton and Manchester Victoria, I sincere hope that First Manchester, would put extra buses out on routes 8, 36, 37 to help with the expected increase in demand, which these major Tunnel and engineering works, are likely to cause.
RE: First Manchester - SF07 - 30/04/2015 18:26
Citaro 60248 operating on the 83 this afternoon.
RE: First Manchester - Polo Mint - 30/04/2015 20:59
What frequency do the 36 and 37 currently operate at? every 7/8 mins?
RE: First Manchester - M60lad - 01/05/2015 12:26
I think 37/38 combined service is about every 5mins hence why their always seen travelling together especially from Walkden all the way into Manchester, the evening peak timetable is quite interesting as some journies get more time than others to get into Manchester from what I've seen and these still end up catching up to the bus in front due to queuing traffic in Swinton.
In other news I believe Streetdeck 35102 has arrived back at Oldham Depot after its recent spell at Halifax Depot, I'm also led to believe B5 36300 is back at Oldham as well
RE: First Manchester - acocker96 - 01/05/2015 12:30
I saw 35102 on the Piccadilly 184 on Monday at about 3.35 outside the sixth form college.
RE: First Manchester - WhiteVanMan - 01/05/2015 20:30
(30/04/2015 09:54)Dentonian Wrote: most would use their cars rather than "slumming it" on service buses.
That is the typical of the attitude of GMPTE, they forget that not everybody owns or have the luxury of a car.....
Having just read the replacement bus timetable, it would appear that the replacement buses are only running early mornings and evenings, and all day Saturdays & Sundays. So anybody wanting to travel to or from the intermediate stations between Bolton and Manchester during the week, will have to "Slum it" on a normal service buses.
RE: First Manchester - Metroline1511 - 02/05/2015 19:53
(13/04/2015 20:25)SF07 Wrote: Just wondering, following the service changes that have just taken place, which depot is now operating the 93 daytime journeys? I would assume it would be Queens Road now as the service only runs between Manchester and Carr Clough rather than to/from Bury.
It has been suggested that this 'big news' story could involve Arriva, which makes me wonder whether it could be First buying Arriva's Wythenshawe depot, which would allow them to have more of a presence in south Manchester.
WY has always seemed an odd one out for Arriva, as it is the successor to NBC subsidiary North Western in the heart of Greater Manchester. First might like some of the commercial routes like the 19 and 263.
(22/04/2015 19:42)bolton bus basher Wrote: 60379, 62214, 66194 and 66195 are all of to Devon and Cornwall, not sure what the reason behind it or whats replaced them up here
These Volvo saloons could provide larger buses for busier routes in Cornwall, releasing Darts to ex-Western Greyhound services, which are potentially due for revisions from May 26th. According to the First Devon & Cornwall website, they are currently recruiting for drivers.