Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(10/03/2013 16:49)507009 Wrote:  Had a ride on 12205 yesterday and it's fair to say it's not been in service long. Looking absolutely immaculate internally and riding just as well.

Just a quick one - can anyone advise if it is at all unusual for E400Hs to work the X57 and 104 on Saturdays? I saw 12126 and 12051 on these routes respectively yesterday, while standard Enviro400 19266 was on the 43. Haven't previously noticed allocations like that on visits to Manchester.

E400Hs tend to work on different routes to the usual 42 and 43 early in the morning on Saturday. I have seen them on the 104 before, also the 101 and 86. It is strange though that, in turn a standard enviro should then do the 43. That should only happen if they run out of hybrids.
As for the X57, almost every night the last one is a hybrid bus. They don't normally work this route at other times, though Hyde Road have been a bit short on Enviro400's recently for some reason. I've seen older tridents working the 201, so I'm not sure what's going on there.