Cumfybus

[dave4jackie]

RE: Cumfybus
read that the depot at kirkby is now a storage place for withdrawn cumfy buses,is it possible to see anything there or is everything locked away under cover

[M113 YKC]

RE: Cumfybus

(28/12/2012 16:54)dave4jackie Wrote:  read that the depot at kirkby is now a storage place for withdrawn cumfy buses,is it possible to see anything there or is everything locked away under cover

That depot is closed. The company has opened another depot near their new depot in Aintree for withdrawn buses - when I had a look in there, it appeared that all of their S-KNL Optare Solo M850s were there and well-and-truly withdrawn. I think that, among the many Solos in there, one Optare Alero was there. There's a yard near their Southport depot which is full of withdrawn Optare Aleros, too. In their Southport depot is many ELC Myllenniums, along with a small fleet of service buses - hybrid Solo YJ12 GXK was in there about a month ago, along with two smaller MX55-plated Solos. Finally, their Birkenhead depot is open but I don't know about what's in there - apart from the "baby Solos" (MX08-plated ones) and Optare Alero YP52 JWL (and their two new "vans"...). I hope that this is of help to you!

Meanwhile, tatty-looking and awful-sounding hybrid Solo YJ12 GXD is on the 57C/58C/144/145 today.

[MPTE1955]

RE: Cumfybus
Tatty looking already, mind my mate drives for cumfybus and he simply says that all their buses are sheds, I kid you not.

[Scania1996]

RE: Cumfybus
MX09 MJK "Fylde Villager" branded Solo was on the 139 today.

[M113 YKC]

RE: Cumfybus

(28/12/2012 20:40)MPTE1955 Wrote:  Tatty looking already, mind my mate drives for cumfybus and he simply says that all their buses are sheds, I kid you not.

It had a small accident whilst on the C1/C3 a few months ago; whether it's a coincidence or not, I haven't seen it on any of the CityLink services since that day. I've seen it on "normal" services a lot.

(28/12/2012 22:41)Scania1996 Wrote:  MX09 MJK "Fylde Villager" branded Solo was on the 139 today.

There's nothing unusual about that regular allocation! There's a handful that tend to be on "normal" services - one is normally on the 135/235 and another is normally on the 139.

[Scania1996]

RE: Cumfybus

(28/12/2012 23:27)3111 Wrote:  

(28/12/2012 22:41)Scania1996 Wrote:  MX09 MJK "Fylde Villager" branded Solo was on the 139 today.

There's nothing unusual about that regular allocation! There's a handful that tend to be on "normal" services - one is normally on the 135/235 and another is normally on the 139.

If you say so. Makes no sense to me if it's branded for the tenders in Blackpool then that's were it should be used. Did i say it was unusual? No

[Neoplan N4009]

RE: Cumfybus
Funny enough I too haven't seen GXD on the city link routes for a while, maybe it might be something to do with the image the bus sets , specially when your fair share of passengers maybe tourist or office workers , it would make sense to use a bus which at least looks in good state, at the end of the day though all GXD needs is a lick of paint on the damaged area though as my mate who drives for Cumfy today mentioned that they are under warranty , they most likely can't do anything about it

[M113 YKC]

RE: Cumfybus

(29/12/2012 00:00)Scania1996 Wrote:  

(28/12/2012 23:27)3111 Wrote:  

(28/12/2012 22:41)Scania1996 Wrote:  MX09 MJK "Fylde Villager" branded Solo was on the 139 today.

There's nothing unusual about that regular allocation! There's a handful that tend to be on "normal" services - one is normally on the 135/235 and another is normally on the 139.

If you say so. Makes no sense to me if it's branded for the tenders in Blackpool then that's were it should be used. Did i say it was unusual? No

A few have been in Merseyside (three, as far as I know), off their branded services, for some time now - I regularly see one on the 135/235 and one on the 139. Just because it's branded for a service (or three), it doesn't mean that it won't go off of those services. And I didn't exactly say that you called it unusual - I was just hinting that it wasn't unusual (and hardly newsworthy).

[J654UHN]

RE: Cumfybus
The branded buses come down from the Blackpool Depot for maintenance as they only have limited facillities.

[MX12CFE]

RE: Cumfybus

(28/12/2012 17:14)3111 Wrote:  

(28/12/2012 16:54)dave4jackie Wrote:  read that the depot at kirkby is now a storage place for withdrawn cumfy buses,is it possible to see anything there or is everything locked away under cover

That depot is closed. The company has opened another depot near their new depot in Aintree for withdrawn buses - when I had a look in there, it appeared that all of their S-KNL Optare Solo M850s were there and well-and-truly withdrawn. I think that, among the many Solos in there, one Optare Alero was there. There's a yard near their Southport depot which is full of withdrawn Optare Aleros, too. In their Southport depot is many ELC Myllenniums, along with a small fleet of service buses - hybrid Solo YJ12 GXK was in there about a month ago, along with two smaller MX55-plated Solos. Finally, their Birkenhead depot is open but I don't know about what's in there - apart from the "baby Solos" (MX08-plated ones) and Optare Alero YP52 JWL (and their two new "vans"...). I hope that this is of help to you!

Meanwhile, tatty-looking and awful-sounding hybrid Solo YJ12 GXD is on the 57C/58C/144/145 today.

Is the new withdrawn buses depot on the same estate as aintree depot? there were a few withdrawn solos in aintree a couple of YN04 reg ones and YN53ZWJ the ex supertravel one wonder if these will end up in the withdrawn depot too?