First Manchester

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Volvo B10BLE on the 18 and 409-branded Enviro400 on the 83 this afternoon.

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(21/08/2013 18:32)SF07 Wrote:  Volvo B10BLE on the 18 and 409-branded Enviro400 on the 83 this afternoon.

route branding a waste of time when used on other routes


saw 33788 today on 409 does not carry fleetnames

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Route branding is a waste of time when it comes to the allocation at Oldham, the problem is that unlike stagecoach first don't tend to have spare buses, Stagecoach could if they wanted practically double their services in Manchester by just using their spare buses... This is why you never see a branded 76 on anything but a 76... (okay well maybe schools but this doesn't really count tbh)

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(21/08/2013 19:04)jimbo Wrote:  Route branding is a waste of time when it comes to the allocation at Oldham, the problem is that unlike stagecoach first don't tend to have spare buses, Stagecoach could if they wanted practically double their services in Manchester by just using their spare buses... This is why you never see a branded 76 on anything but a 76... (okay well maybe schools but this doesn't really count tbh)

glad pioneers B9s never got branded as they do other routes as well and one is to be painted into Ashton livery

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looks like the streetlites are not staying here been told going elsewhere

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(21/08/2013 19:04)jimbo Wrote:  Route branding is a waste of time when it comes to the allocation at Oldham, the problem is that unlike stagecoach first don't tend to have spare buses, Stagecoach could if they wanted practically double their services in Manchester by just using their spare buses... This is why you never see a branded 76 on anything but a 76... (okay well maybe schools but this doesn't really count tbh)

And just to emphasise that point, another 409-branded Enviro400 on the 83 yesterday and a 180/184-branded Enviro400 on the 59 this afternoon.

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(23/08/2013 18:30)SF07 Wrote:  

(21/08/2013 19:04)jimbo Wrote:  Route branding is a waste of time when it comes to the allocation at Oldham, the problem is that unlike stagecoach first don't tend to have spare buses, Stagecoach could if they wanted practically double their services in Manchester by just using their spare buses... This is why you never see a branded 76 on anything but a 76... (okay well maybe schools but this doesn't really count tbh)

And just to emphasise that point, another 409-branded Enviro400 on the 83 yesterday and a 180/184-branded Enviro400 on the 59 this afternoon.

and the 409 today been 33670 also saw 33788 and its rear route display was not working

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I saw a b9 on the 81, and an enviro 400 on the 149 today. Bad allocation again

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(23/08/2013 19:19)jimbo Wrote:  I saw a b9 on the 81, and an enviro 400 on the 149 today. Bad allocation again

37428, 66890, and the noisy 37295 all on the 524 not a citaro anywhere except on the 510 which always gets rubbish on it

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(20/08/2013 14:54)jonathon890 Wrote:  69139 is now in its new Bolton heritage colours http://flic.kr/p/fydiHx
http://flic.kr/p/fydiEa

69139 was on the 8 this afternoon (23 Aug.) , whilst 34104 & 34105 were both on the 519 at Bolton.