Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

[mbonwick]

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21004/7 are officially in service, though all of 21003-5/7 do venture out in service.

[jonesy3001]

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(03/01/2013 23:58)Scania1996 Wrote:  Are the Striders still in service in Lancaster? According to the January 2013 BUSES magazine a few had been reinstated.
Thanks in advance

21004/7 are the only ones in service out of the 4 ME have,21004 covering for 22823 as it is awaiting an engine, 21003/5 are parked up amongst the B10Ms that got withdrawn after the Enviro300s came back from the olympics.

[gilbert]

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(29/11/2012 20:19)cumbria0902150 Wrote:  22160 has been back in service with its new engine. A MAN has transferred from Preston to replace written off 22142.

When did the latter go to scrap?

[mbonwick]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Late November/early December. The MAN Carlisle were supposed to get to replace 22142 is still sat at Preston, awaiting a new engine.

[gilbert]

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(06/01/2013 00:10)mbonwick Wrote:  Late November/early December. The MAN Carlisle were supposed to get to replace 22142 is still sat at Preston, awaiting a new engine.

Which one is that? Aren't there still plenty of spare MAN's still in reserve in Manchester?

[mbonwick]

RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
22274 I'm guessing, since 22269 is already here. Could be 22260 as well though.

Manchester does have plenty MANs in reserve - fewer for the moment while Wigan is sorted - but these are S/T reg. The ones at Preston are V (22260) and X (22274) reg.

[bramptontrev]

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Carlisle today about 12.20 - B10Ms were out and about - passed by the bus station and

20219 P219HBD was parked with 685 Newcastle on its display - later saw it at The Sands Brampton just before 17.00 on its way back to Carlisle having done a Newcastle round trip.
20960 R960XVM came and went on 38 Silloth
20456 departed Not in Service and a few minutes later was heading out of Carlisle showing 9 Crossgate - presumably the 12.30 94 departure.

ex Manchester S reg MAN was having its cooling system topped up with copius amounts of water.

Also since New Year I have only seen 3 Arriva 685 workings in Brampton and none have been the regular R-KRG reg coaches 1201-1205 - one was the usual V reg substitute (1206), one V reg 1212 branded Coast and Castles and one V or W reg service bus.

So I wonder whether the S reg Stagecoach coaches and the R reg Arriva coaches are now becoming near end of life for the 685 route and service?

[cumbria0902150]

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Arriva's R reg's are being (or have been) withdrawn and replaced with the V reg's.
The sheds are staying here for a while yet but 52626 and 52629 keep breaking down so B10's and even Dart's are getting on 685 more than they should be.

[WhiteVanMan]

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(14/01/2013 22:44)cumbria0902150 Wrote:  Arriva's R reg's are being (or have been) withdrawn and replaced with the V reg's.
The sheds are staying here for a while yet but 52626 and 52629 keep breaking down so B10's and even Dart's are getting on 685 more than they should be.

May be its time for a new competitor (such as Reays) to start operating on this service. Then Arriva & Stagecoach may invest in some decent vehicles for this route!!!!

[enrag2000]

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(14/01/2013 20:10)bramptontrev Wrote:  Carlisle today about 12.20 - B10Ms were out and about - passed by the bus station and

20219 P219HBD was parked with 685 Newcastle on its display - later saw it at The Sands Brampton just before 17.00 on its way back to Carlisle having done a Newcastle round trip.
20960 R960XVM came and went on 38 Silloth
20456 departed Not in Service and a few minutes later was heading out of Carlisle showing 9 Crossgate - presumably the 12.30 94 departure.

The B10Ms at Carlisle have been busy lately. Last Thursday morning, I saw 20960 and 52629 both on the 38 Silloth, 20944 on the 600 Cockermouth and 20219 on the 79 Dumfries. The S-reg MANs seem to be confined to City services now - not too far from the garage!