Stagecoach Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(21/09/2013 21:23)507009 Wrote:  Not sure how rare these are for a Saturday, but hybrids MX13FNJ and MX13FNO were on the 383 and 384 respectively today. Sharston had MX60BVT on the 86 and MX60BVP on the 111. In their place on the 42/43 was diesel MX58FSU. I imagine the hybrids do get around when some are spare, but it's certainly the first time I've seen a hybrid on the 85/86.

Also spotted a Yorkshire registered Enviro400 hybrid on Oxford Street at around 14.30, running out of service. I'm fairly sure it was YN61BFU, so assume this is on loan from Sheffield.

Just a quick request - does anyone know the PVRs for the 42/43 and 192? They're difficult to work out thanks to TfGM's rather lazy timetables, "A frequent service" indeed. The 42/43 seems to be around the 27 mark and I imagine the 192 pushes the late 30s seeing as Stockport's batch are all route branded?

I'm pretty sure the 192 had a PVR of around 30 but I remember reading somewhere recently that it was as high as 36.

Manchester and South Yorkshire have swapped a Hybrid to evaluate the different models in different environments - I think the south Yorkshire examples aren't performing as well as was thought so their trying one of the Manchester examples [which are slightly different models] to see if that performs any better.