Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

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RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Carlisle depot is losing 12 Solo SRs to East Scotland and in their place are collecting a number of cast-offs from other areas. The four 60-reg Enviro200s from East Scotlland (36195/6/8/9) are the best of the bunch (36199 is on service 61 today), the others are Darts down to 04-reg. Darts include 34688 previously at Carlisle until replaced by 14-reg Enviro200 and 34579 which was written off after the 2005 flood and subsequently put back on the road at Gillmoss; 34562/5/7 and 35690/1 from North East. The Solos leaving are 60-branded 47941-3, 76-branded 47954-7, rainbow-branded 47958-60 and standard livery 48001/2..

Two Carlisle city services (60 & 76) have frequency reductions next week with a reduced pvr and will in future be worked by Darts/Enviro200s to maintain capacity so two-year old Euro6 buses are being replaced by 13-year old wrecks. Doubt there will be one on display outside the Old Town Hall as with the Solos with the MD in attendance!