D&G Bus

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RE: D&G Bus

(24/01/2026 16:40)knutstransport Wrote:  Are they new or existing ones? I thought the only 16 plate Solos were 165 (currently double tracking on two Macclesfield routes) and 3015 (currently not tracking).

In timetable news the 130 is being extended to the airport again, with a 25 minute turnaround there, so that will increase the PVR to 4.

New to DG solos they'll be

[knutstransport]

RE: D&G Bus
I'm presuming Macc don't have fitters who can repair destination displays. 122 is running around without a working front one, while I've seen 129 a few times with it's rear display blank.

[Metroline1511]

RE: D&G Bus

(24/01/2026 16:40)knutstransport Wrote:  Are they new or existing ones? I thought the only 16 plate Solos were 165 (currently double tracking on two Macclesfield routes) and 3015 (currently not tracking).

In timetable news the 130 is being extended to the airport again, with a 25 minute turnaround there, so that will increase the PVR to 4.

I rode 3015 on route 42 yesterday.

In Newcastle-under-Lyme I saw Evoras as expected on route 9, but also on routes 1/1a which I didn't know had also received them. Maybe D&G see enough of a future in the Potteries to be willing to stay in the area, speculating on First eventually pulling out?

[Metroline1511]

RE: D&G Bus
To give my itin with D&G, I shall clarify that I caught a Northern train to Crewe (331 107) then trams home from Wythenshawe (3046 then 3066), and caught D&G buses as follows :-

85 Newcastle-under-Lyme - Streetlite 55
94 Congleton - MetroCity 165
42 Crewe - Solo SR 3015
38 Macclesfield - Evora 6015
130 Wythenshawe - Solo SR 165