Stagecoach Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(26/02/2015 09:25)YSV-205 Wrote:  I've noticed over the last week or so that the "magic bus" yellow lettering on the front of the magic bus Tridents is being replaced with lettering saying something like "Brought to you by Stagecoach" in the regular Stagecoach style of lettering. I thought it very odd considering that the Tridents are very quickly disappearing. Why have Stagecoach done this now?

My first thought was that maybe they were doing it because those buses could be going to other UK Stagecoach companies so having the "magic bus" brand elsewhere, with potential passengers not necessarily knowing that magic bus is a Stagecoach company / branding. Any thoughts?

I think it's just part of the new magic branding. I've noticed that some of the older Tridents also now carry Wifi bus stickers also, this also stuck me as a bit odd but obviously as First vehicles habe Wifi on along Wimslow road it's probably been done to make them as attractive as Firsts.

Intestingly I seem to remember that the 'brought to you by Stagecoach' vinyls were tried on some if the Dragons many years ago above the doors but were very quickly dropped.