Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

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RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

(09/09/2012 15:22)BHA Wrote:  

(09/09/2012 11:29)cumbria0902150 Wrote:  42 isn't getting them any more, all 5 for Morecambe have went to Barrow instead, 15818/9 are unbranded, while 15820/1/2 have full 6/X6 branding.
There is no standalone PVR now, as the old X35 route has been merged into the original 6/6A as an extension to Kendal as opposed to a standalone service, such that a bus reaches Barrow as an X6, then goes back out to Ulverston as a 6. The combined PVR on the main 6/X6 is 7 (previously 6 on 6/6A and 4 on X35 but there was only 3 council owned Tridents), with 1 bus on the Barrow - Windermere 6 (commercial replacement for contracted service 618), and a Kendal based bus (should be a Trident) on the college extra (replacement of service 735).

Council owned 18278-18280 are awaiting return to the council, although they're needing some work done first. One has been off service for months, while another has been constantly breaking down. For now, 2 are stored at Barrow with the third stored at Kendal.

Thanks for the update. Are there any plans to equip the 42 Lancaster - Blackpool with new vehicles or is it Olympian for the forseeable future? And does the 6/X6 operate with 5 Enviro400s and 2 Tridents?

Tridents and MAN ALX300's will work 42, after all vehicles return from London to replace Olympians at Morecambe.
6/X6 is 7 Scania Enviro400's. 15721 and 15722 from Kendal transferred to Barrow, with Kendal getting 18375 and 18380 from Barrow in return. Tridents are the spare allocation, along with Tridents booked on the Windermere 6's. The "college extra" journeys (Kendal allocation) should eventually be Tridents, although at the moment Leyland Olympians have been used.