Stagecoach Manchester

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(07/10/2016 11:29)T42 PVM Wrote:  One of the former JPT Primos has been reinstated at Stockport to cover a duty on the 300

The Primo is 49893 YX60 DWU

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
How many of the ex Oxford buses are now in service? Have just seen one[12015 on the X57] for the first time.

[stait.john@hotmail.co.uk]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(07/10/2016 16:36)gilbert Wrote:  How many of the ex Oxford buses are now in service? Have just seen one[12015 on the X57] for the first time.

12023 was on the 142 the other day!

[acocker96]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(07/10/2016 17:32)stait.john@hotmail.co.uk Wrote:  12023 was on the 142 the other day!

Regular Enviro400's and MMC's have been on the 142 and 143's lately as well.

[acocker96]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(07/10/2016 06:10)M60lad Wrote:  Not to sure whether the Magicbus at Middleton is a loan or a transfer but a friend of mine has said he's even seen a Magic Enviro400 on 56/57 services.

A magic bus was going down the road in Piccadilly where the 76/216/231 stand is, wouldn't normally have any business being there so may have been on Middleton service that was Monday or Tuesday.

[YSV-205]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(07/10/2016 16:36)gilbert Wrote:  How many of the ex Oxford buses are now in service? Have just seen one[12015 on the X57] for the first time.

Saw 12016 on Monday afternoon on Upper Brook Street at bus stop close to the Manchester Blood Centre.

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(07/10/2016 09:41)YSV-205 Wrote:  Maybe an odd question, but I'll ask it anyway.

Possibly slightly off topic. Does anyone know how much a full bus advert for 19328 "Deepwater Horizon" actually costs the advertiser to put in onto a bus? And also, of a similar vane, what is the cost of just a 'regular' (usually movies anyway) advert that you see on the side of a bus?

No-one on this forum will know the answer to that, It's my degree and I still couldn't tell you, and it's something that is never a fixed amount.

Advertising a full side on a bus is much more expensive to the framed adverts as you can imagine. The bigger the advert, the more expensive it is.

Cost depends on the following factors: Vehicle type (A single decker is cheaper than a double), Advert Size (Is your advert using one side of the bus? or all four?), Advert type (Are you covering up windows? are you just advertising around them?), and the main factor: How long do you want your advert on the side of a vehicle (or vehicles?).

Advertising on buses also depends on the area. If you're advertising on a bus in rural Yorkshire, it's much cheaper to do than in a big city. As you can probably imagine as well, a bus in Manchester or London will be seen more and also will probably have a longer service day on the road.

If you are making an advert with a company (for example the Deepwater Horizon). If you just advertise on one bus, for example stagecoach Manchester's enviro 400 is will be £X. However, if you use the same advert designed by the same advertising or design agency across the UK, cost's will be cheaper per vehicle, but obviously more expensive per the amount of buses used. (A bit like how a 2L bottle of coke is usually cheaper than buying four 500ml bottles)

[motormayhem1]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan
And normally buses with full side or all round adverts tend to need repainting afterwards once the advert is removed so all that would be incurred in the cost

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(07/10/2016 07:21)M60lad Wrote:  Noticed one of Stockports Solos in use yesterday helping out MCT on 300 Stockport Metroshuttle yesterday, just found out thanks to another forum that this is due a shortage of O-discs at the moment at MCT

That wouldn't make much sense as the 300 isn't a fare collecting service and therefore you don't require O-discs to run the service. You can legally run a free service with or without O-discs (Similar to how running days do this) but only require them legally to run a route where fares are collected.

It would make sense if for example Stagecoach helped out with the 44 for example or another service, but not the Stockport Metroshuttle

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(08/10/2016 18:06)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  That wouldn't make much sense as the 300 isn't a fare collecting service and therefore you don't require O-discs to run the service. You can legally run a free service with or without O-discs (Similar to how running days do this) but only require them legally to run a route where fares are collected.

It would make sense if for example Stagecoach helped out with the 44 for example or another service, but not the Stockport Metroshuttle

This is what I thought but apparently the Stagecoach working has been organised by at TFGM so it certainly seems like something's going on and I'm pretty certain the 300 is registered as a service on VOSA so surly in that case the buses would require disks.

Do Firsts hybrid Solos carry O disks that work the Metroshuttle in Manchester?