Go North West

[ChrisB]

RE: Go North West
New Fleet Numbers for the Ex First & Diamond buses

3021-3045 ex First Vantage buses 39267-39261, renumbered in registration number order

3401-3501 ex Diamond Street Decks, renumbered in registration number order
4031-4040 ex Diamond Enviro 200, in order
4201 ex Diamond large Optare Solo 30100
6179 ex Diamond Volvo B7RLE 30928

Yet to be confirm are the ex Diamond Mercedes Citaro's

[ManchesterBusEnthusiast]

RE: Go North West

(24/09/2023 11:08)ChrisB Wrote:  New Fleet Numbers for the Ex First & Diamond buses

3021-3045 ex First Vantage buses 39267-39261, renumbered in registration number order

3401-3501 ex Diamond Street Decks, renumbered in registration number order
4031-4040 ex Diamond Enviro 200, in order
4201 ex Diamond large Optare Solo 30100
6179 ex Diamond Volvo B7RLE 30928

Yet to be confirm are the ex Diamond Mercedes Citaro's

Citaros are 6233 and upwards.

[gka472l]

RE: Go North West
At least one of the ex First Enviro200's has entered service in plain red....4563 (YX63LLC), seen in Bury this afternoon.

HTH

[ManchesterBusEnthusiast]

RE: Go North West
So it appears that the ex EYMS B7TL Geminis are now part of the training fleet, with the exception of 3351, according to GNWs official fleet list.    

[Scania3379man]

RE: Go North West
New Yellow Bee Network are 4111/2/3 ready to leave to go bound in wigan from Falkirk today

i don't know if that right topic, just case.

thank you

[gka472l]

RE: Go North West
Would anyone happen to know if the Go North East E200MMC's are seeing much use at all?? Most aren't tracking (unlike all the other loaned ones) and they seem to be rather elusive. Managed to get 5493/4/8 however I'm wondering if the others are actually tracking as something else.....quite keen to track these down in the next week before the loans all start heading home....

Thanks!

[ChrisB]

RE: Go North West

(07/10/2023 19:44)gka472l Wrote:  Would anyone happen to know if the Go North East E200MMC's are seeing much use at all?? Most aren't tracking (unlike all the other loaned ones) and they seem to be rather elusive. Managed to get 5493/4/8 however I'm wondering if the others are actually tracking as something else.....quite keen to track these down in the next week before the loans all start heading home....

Thanks!

I too would like to track them-down, the next time I am in the Bolton/Bury area, visiting family.

[EDB325]

RE: Go North West

(08/10/2023 20:27)ChrisB Wrote:  I too would like to track them-down, the next time I am in the Bolton/Bury area, visiting family.

I saw a few in service in Bolton yesterday including 5488/90/3/4. 5493 must have been tracking on a spare machine, as it wasn't in service on Bustimes, but it was one of the two I was short of and I saw it three times while I was there.

It's also worth noting that Metrobus (Crawley) 6784-6 are working in Bolton.

The surprise sighting however was YX63LKV, formerly First Bus 44560 which was last operating in Slough up to about 6 months ago. It didn't display any legal ownership. The top half of the vehicle was still in First livery, but the bottom - or at least the sides - were red. It was being used as the staff shuttle. Perhaps it's intended for conversion to a trainer.

[gka472l]

RE: Go North West

(11/10/2023 10:28)EDB325 Wrote:  I saw a few in service in Bolton yesterday including 5488/90/3/4. 5493 must have been tracking on a spare machine, as it wasn't in service on Bustimes, but it was one of the two I was short of and I saw it three times while I was there.

It's also worth noting that Metrobus (Crawley) 6784-6 are working in Bolton.

The surprise sighting however was YX63LKV, formerly First Bus 44560 which was last operating in Slough up to about 6 months ago. It didn't display any legal ownership. The top half of the vehicle was still in First livery, but the bottom - or at least the sides - were red. It was being used as the staff shuttle. Perhaps it's intended for conversion to a trainer.

Had a trip to Wigan/Bolton/Bury today and managed to get 5488 & 5490 (already have 5493/5494/5498) so just 5491/5495/5496 remaining, as I've not seen any evidence that 5492 is actually down here despite appearing in the fleet list on bustimes. YX63LKV (4560) was around today, YX63LLE (4565) was on the 635 in Wigan, and YX63LKZ (4562) was in Bury on the 95/98......

[gka472l]

RE: Go North West
From a post elsewhere (link here https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1016...1126412543 ), first of the loans to return home is Metrobus 6785 GX69EAW, which went back to Crawley yesterday (Monday 16/10).

HTH