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RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - R311 WVR - 13/08/2012 20:17
(13/08/2012 19:45)DLG817 Wrote: Newly acquired is YN03NDF Optare Solo M920 - New in March 2003 to Bailey, Blackburn, ex Cresswells, Moira, Derbyshire. It is being prepared for service in the Bryn Melyn garage but it is not confirmed yet that it will be part of their fleet when ready for service.
Solo V107LVH has finally received Bryn Melyn Vinyls having been in plain white since it joined the fleet 12 months ago. Photo here
Ex Arriva Dart S879SNB is now in GHA low floor livery and is being prepared for service. Clealry this and sister S878SNB were not purchased for spares as orginally reported.
Some of the GHA fleet has been on Olympic duties – 553UXP (CA01) has still got the evidence -photo here Others who have also been down to London are LF05WCT, AA06GHA (MC04), AA07GHA (MC05), 144UXB, AA08GHA (CA08), FJ08BYT and ED03GHA (CA16)
A Trident is shortly expected (no details yet known) which is being acquired due to increased requirements on the 82 Chester – Northwich route.
Ex Arriva Midlands H74DVM - Volvo B10M-60 / Alexander Belfast Q is being prepared for service (after being with GHA for over 2 years) and is having high capacity seats fitted donated by the now scrapped H278LEF. It has already received the yellow livery.
The experiment of the extension of the X36 from Ellesmere Port to Liverpool airport has ended and the service will revert soon to terminate at Runcorn.
Ron
Hi, Ron. Will the route return to 36, Or stay as X36?
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - DLG817 - 13/08/2012 20:43
(13/08/2012 20:17)Marshall Capital SLF Wrote:(13/08/2012 19:45)DLG817 Wrote:
The experiment of the extension of the X36 from Ellesmere Port to Liverpool airport has ended and the service will revert soon to terminate at Runcorn.
Ron
Hi, Ron. Will the route return to 36, Or stay as X36?
From the registration it appears it will stay as X36. Effective date is 17th September
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - DLG817 - 16/08/2012 18:50
A photo of YM52TPU with the orange version of the 'into the Port' livery - here
Ron
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - LJ51 DDA - 24/08/2012 11:48
S280 AOX Is Back at Ruabon as it was Replaced By S878SNB.. S280AOX Now back on 15A Wrexham > Brymbo
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - DVL418 - 28/08/2012 08:07
Only a couple of Dart/Pointers stabled at Heapy Street outstation over the weekend; CN04 NLP and V7 GHA
Photo HERE
The deckers usually start drifting back during the coming week for the start of the new school year. However, there have been some changes to schools services due to funding cuts by East Cheshire BC and the All Hallows services are now to be run on a commercial basis.
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - DLG817 - 29/08/2012 20:58
GHA Group update
New arrivals are:-
V220MEV Dennis Trident / Alexander ALX400 which has had its central door removed and is now H47/31F – this has recently been with Stagecoach London – and is currently in all over silver. Its likely duty is to join with the President decker on the 82 Chester – Northwich service.
YN54OAU and YN54OAW are Scania K94IB4 / Irizar S-kool - S70F - previously with Wilfreda Beehive, Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster – they are in all over yellow. The first of these Scanias is to commence service in Middlewich.
Out of the fleet is:-
Dennis Dart /Plaxton R922RAU which was obtained recently for spares has now been scrapped at Lelo Metals, Corwen.
Ron
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - DLG817 - 04/09/2012 12:16
A few snippets
The second President W471BCW now in its splendid white based X50-X52 livery is due to see service for the first time today. It is now allocated to Ruthin and is to work some X50 shorts to Denbigh.
Also due to see service today for its first time with GHA is ex Arriva Olympian S644KJU.
Out of the fleet is ex Peter Evans Dennis Javelin/ Duple 708WPG (ex G144RCA) which has gone to the Dance troup believed to be based in Llay. Their old Vo / Jo now A741GFF (at one time with Vale) has been scrapped.
Ron
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - Garsty - 04/09/2012 15:39
(04/09/2012 12:16)DLG817 Wrote: A few snippetsI believe they have had W471BCW sitting around for about a year now, how come the delay in getting it into service?
The second President W471BCW now in its splendid white based X50-X52 livery is due to see service for the first time today. It is now allocated to Ruthin and is to work some X50 shorts to Denbigh.
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - DLG817 - 04/09/2012 15:59
(04/09/2012 15:39)Garsty Wrote:(04/09/2012 12:16)DLG817 Wrote: A few snippetsI believe they have had W471BCW sitting around for about a year now, how come the delay in getting it into service?
The second President W471BCW now in its splendid white based X50-X52 livery is due to see service for the first time today. It is now allocated to Ruthin and is to work some X50 shorts to Denbigh.
Not sure but originally it was going to have a special livery to commerate a centenary event in Denbighshire. For some reason it never happened - possibly due to cuts in local authority transport budgets. By then it had been given a white based livery. I then suspect that the next delay was higher priority work for the workshops. Whilst it arrived with the second door removed it still had to have a fair amount of work to cover up the changes.
RE: GHA Group (GHA Coaches, Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel) - P450 SWX - 04/09/2012 16:07
Any news when the ALX400 Trident will enter service