First Manchester

[M60lad]

RE: First Manchester
Actually the timetable and allocation for 24 is quite interesting as despite it being an hourly service it still requires 3 vehicles to operate it and the usual allocation is the following:

1x Citaro
1x B7
1x Volvo Olympian

The 2 vehicles normally on the route are time to pass each other between Chadderton Town Hall and Chadderton Sportsman with the 3rd vehicle normally on layover in Rochdale Bus Station until just before one is due to get into Rochdale Bus Station.

The Volvo Olympian is normally on the same duty day in/day out as this interworks with a School in the afternoon

Also the 181/182 sometimes gets the odd Citaro allocated during the week from what I've seen

Other interesting allocations from Oldham Depot include the following:

1x Volvo Olympian on Peak 58s (this comes of a School in the afternoon)
1x Volvo B7 on 389 (16:20 off Hyde)
1x Volvo Olympian on 387 (16:50 off Hyde, bus comes off 126 Bluecoat School-Haughton Green)