First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(10/03/2013 20:39)VauxhallAstra VXR Wrote:  when is bury getting any new enviros or new busses? i have been waiting so long, are the mercedes citaros getting the new livery are they going to the scrapyard where they belong or to oldham, what's happening with the old doubledeckers that are not lowfloor, what's happening with the WrightSolar fusion and the other articulated busses ( you know what busses im talking about don't you ) l have been losing my patience over about it .

Bury probably have one of the best FirstGroup fleets, with no (or few) Darts.
The Citaros look good for their age, it is a shame that such horrible seats got fitted. Some have moved to Oldham, but they don't have the new livery which suggests they are on the way out.

The B9's are comfy and modern, as are the B7's and the Scanias are alright.

The Olympians are on their way out due to some age regulation for school contracts or something along those lines, maybe they wil be replaced by cascaded Tridents/ALX400's ?

I don't think Bury have a lot of Solo's.

(11/03/2013 10:16)SF07 Wrote:  For those who haven't seen the Arriva Bolton thread, there was a crash this morning in Salford involving one of the new Arriva hybrid double deckers and First 60372, which was probably on the 110. Looks like First came off the worst.

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http://manchestergazette.co.uk/salford-bus-crash/

Wow that vehicle is knackered. I reckon Arriva will be losing the most sleep, as their bus was/is a lot newer than First's old Dart.