Stagecoach Manchester

[Brickmill]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(06/01/2018 21:08)Metroline1511 Wrote:  Last Sunday, New Year's Eve, route 42a was covered by 19632 at least late morning. It is usually Solo or occasionally Enviro 200 on Sundays. Maybe it was to compensate a driver for not being rostered for a double-deck run the following day?

I think the idea that any bus will do counts double over school holidays; Hyde Road have been running MagicBuses on the 42A over Christmas (its supposed to be a hybrid route!). Magics have also appeared on all day 201s (and probably 203s) with a 76 branded bus regularly appearing on the 1700, 205. This is a step up in quality though as the seat cushions will have had only 5 years of average loadings, wheras most Enviro400s at Hyde Road have had c.9 years of constant wear and tear. A fortnight ago today, the 203 was almost completely MMC free, but today it not only seemed to have a full complement but at least three of them were X50 branded examples!