Stagecoach Manchester

[PSbusdriver]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(15/07/2019 21:45)PSbusdriver Wrote:  Hyde Road Enviro's 19182, 19187 and 19188 are all now repainted back into Corporate livery and are back in service at HE (ex Magic Bus livery).

19221 has been repainted and is still in Magic Bus livery, back in use at HE.

[M60lad]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
One of the reasons for the additional short 34s (which are operated by Hyde Road) is to offer passengers from Worsley a slightly quicker and frequent service into Manchester than what 33 is doing at the moment due to the continuing roadworks on Regent Road which is adding journey times to most 33s at the moment.

The main 34s from Leigh-Manchester are still operated by Bryn Depot though.

[gilesbus1]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(17/07/2019 06:34)M60lad Wrote:  One of the reasons for the additional short 34s (which are operated by Hyde Road) is to offer passengers from Worsley a slightly quicker and frequent service into Manchester than what 33 is doing at the moment due to the continuing roadworks on Regent Road which is adding journey times to most 33s at the moment.

The main 34s from Leigh-Manchester are still operated by Bryn Depot though.

I think as well its not just the opportunities the road works on Regent Road have thrown up, The 33 was being cut back by FirstGroup, and had been at least once before if not twice. Also the 34 route via Worsley itself and the A580 was carrying very little in the way of passenger's. Also on another front people from Astley and Boothstown had complained that they couldn't get to Hospital appointments for several years, by bus, as Hope is the main Hospital for them, so it made logical sense to re-route it. I suspect that the timing just needed to be right or it would have happened before.

The Hyde Road journeys as you say are extra buses to cater for demand between Manchester and Worsley Court House as journey's beyond Worsley Court House have less levels of ridership, so don't merit them being extended onward to Leigh, however the RHS Garden being built just past that stage at Boothstown might Merit an extension of that in the future.

[PSbusdriver]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(16/07/2019 23:09)PSbusdriver Wrote:  19221 has been repainted and is still in Magic Bus livery, back in use at HE.

19191 also a repaint in Magic livery, on 147 today.

[Rodney259]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(17/07/2019 19:49)PSbusdriver Wrote:  19191 also a repaint in Magic livery, on 147 today.

Seems like a waste of paint! Should get them all in corporate livery as they all have a large ‘Stagecoach’ on front and sides anyway.

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(17/07/2019 19:49)PSbusdriver Wrote:  19191 also a repaint in Magic livery, on 147 today.

Saw 19188 in corporate livery on the 42 in Parrs Wood about 9pm.

[33109]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(16/07/2019 16:04)gilesbus1 Wrote:  Standard spec vehicles will replace them, MagicBus is being phased out as an identity within Stagecoach, as is Stagecoach Gold.

What will probably happen is a cascade effect where Hybrid's will move to 38's etc, then that will free up 09 plate examples for Oxford Road. Really there is no longer a need for MagicBus as all the competition off Oxford Road has been defeated over the past 20 years or so, bar a little bit of Go North West and Vantage that's hardly worth them getting upset about.

Why are they getting rid of stagecoach gold???

Seems an odd thing to do as on longer distance routes surely people would appreciate a bit of extra comfort as opposed to a standard bus. Magic bus I can see why it's going as they haven't really got much competition as you mentioned.

[Quackdave]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(19/07/2019 07:34)33109 Wrote:  Why are they getting rid of stagecoach gold???

Seems an odd thing to do as on longer distance routes surely people would appreciate a bit of extra comfort as opposed to a standard bus.

They can still have that. For example, the 67-reg Scanias that are used on the X2 have high-spec interiors, despite being in proper Stagecoach livery. It's the separate livery and name that are unnecessary.

[jonesy3001]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
Is there a reason why there's a few 18xxx tridents transferring in (or going back home) from cumbria and north lancashire in a few weeks?

[Rodney259]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(19/07/2019 08:10)Quackdave Wrote:  They can still have that. For example, the 67-reg Scanias that are used on the X2 have high-spec interiors, despite being in proper Stagecoach livery. It's the separate livery and name that are unnecessary.

Gold has been a temporary thing to draw attention to upgraded buses which are now standard and it has worked.