Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(09/07/2016 18:24)gilbert Wrote:  How many more buses will become Magics? Seems more and more excessive to me having seen 19251 in Didsbury earlier.

Well the standard PVR for the 142 and 143 is around 22-25.
If you then take into account that the operation is shared between two depots that increases the spare buses required.

If the 141 was to become Enviro 400 operated then further buses would be required for HE depot. Stagecoach also operate evening duplicate services (which don't appear on public timetables) that run between UoM and Withington Christie Hopsital (in one direction only, PVR around 5) and also the 145.

Sometimes drivers take their break at Southern Cemetery (keeping the bus on their lunch break) where the bus will park up for about an hour and another one will operate in it's place. Sharston depot drivers also drive dead from East Didsbury to the depot throughout the day rather than using an ancillary vehicle for driver changes.

The overall PVR for the magicbus services is very confusing!