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RE: First Manchester - AlexBus12 - 23/08/2016 20:21
Bus crash in Bolton Town Centre involving a First Bolton Bus!
http://m.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14700006.Two_buses_involved_in_town_centre_collision/
RE: First Manchester - Quackdave - 23/08/2016 22:59
(22/08/2016 10:13)Alexw12 Wrote: Does anybody know if 30894 is still in service at BN? I haven't seen it in a few months
I was thinking the same, so a couple of Saturdays ago I walked around the perimeter of the depot. There was clearly an ALX400 parked outside the back, and, having already seen both 30912 and 30915 out in service within the previous hour, I assume that it was 30894. (The only additional identifying feature I could see from that distance was that it had the "No more bad breath ever" advertisement on the offside!)
What did take me by surprise though, was that there was an ELC Pyoneer parked next to it! I thought these were all long gone. Having checked DVLA, only P425 PVW and R447 ULE are still SORN (the rest are all Untaxed which usually implies sale to a dealer), and I see from photos online that 31947 has recently been repainted red, so am guessing that the remaining example at BN depot is 31925. Anyone confirm?
Furthermore, looking around the back from Fairclough Street, it looked as though there was an even older, black double-decker parked near that corner of the yard. I could only see a very small part of the upper deck and couldn't identify the body type, but the shape and height gave me a gut feeling of an Atlantean or early Olympian. Anyone any ideas what it is?
RE: First Manchester - stait.john@hotmail.co.uk - 05/09/2016 20:02
33723, 33752, 33831-33835 moved from OM-RU over the weekend, with 7 Streetlites going the other way I am told, including 63114. However 33752 has had its Greater Manchester names removed so I'm not sure if it's staying. 33723 went out on the 41 around 10am.
63109 is still at Rusholme but is out of service and not to be used pending transfer. 5 Tridents are also parked up out of service including 32867, 32911, 32916.
39213 is now in standard Urban livery at QS.
RE: First Manchester - AlexBus12 - 05/09/2016 21:02
30915 has been reseated and in currently on loan to Oldham from Bolton
RE: First Manchester - Kieran_Wilkins1997 - 05/09/2016 22:20
(05/09/2016 20:02)stait.john@hotmail.co.uk Wrote: 39213 is now in standard Urban livery at QS.
as per the firstbus enthuisast page on FB as soon as there warrantly run out with volvo they are having the hybrid systems removed and converted to a normal engine
RE: First Manchester - AlexBus12 - 06/09/2016 06:34
(05/09/2016 21:05)Dentonian Wrote: Are you sure its only on loan? Also, when I saw it in Oldham at lunchtime, it looked like the same moulded plastic seating as the rest of the type. Also, why reseat a bus with limited use (ie. can't be used on tenders)?
Yeah, one of the drivers told me. Its been re seated to the H49/27F, rather than the H49/29F
RE: First Manchester - AlexBus12 - 06/09/2016 06:43
(05/09/2016 22:20)Kieran_Wilkins1997 Wrote: as per the firstbus enthuisast page on FB as soon as there warrantly run out with volvo they are having the hybrid systems removed and converted to a normal engine
Just wondering, do they stay as B5s then or will they be named B9s?
RE: First Manchester - M60lad - 06/09/2016 07:11
Another B7 ALX400 at Oldham Depot is 30912 just seen operating a 182 towards Shaw in Chadderton
RE: First Manchester - stait.john@hotmail.co.uk - 06/09/2016 10:11
63109/63110 transferred today from Rusholme to West of England (Westbury - outstation of Bath)
RE: First Manchester - M60lad - 07/09/2016 22:34
Maybe not fleet news but since First have lost 505 Rivington & Blackrod School-Bolton service this School Year means a change in some duties especially with 22 that was tied into the journey previously as apparantly what happens now is that when 12:15 (Mon-Fri) 22 from Bolton gets to Stockport it gets a 50 minute dropack in Bolton and Stagecoach still operate 14:50 Stockport-Bolton journey while as I said the Firstbus waits in Stockport.
Also apparently now when 12:45 journey (Mon-Fri) 22 gets to Stockport it now gets a 20min dropback before running dead to Manchester to do a 37 from Manchester-Bolton from what I can gather.