Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(15/11/2014 23:20)M60lad Wrote:  Yet again today there were a number of Hybrids out on 216s, infact looking at tonights late allocation on 216s it seemed most were Hybrids and also there was a Hybrid out on 330 again

Ashton and Hyde Road were having problems today as there roadworks with temporary lights at Junction of London Road and Fairfield Street causing major problems to services leaving Manchester.

Not sure which one but one of HE's MANs was out on 76 this afternoon in place of the usual Enviro400

One odd working today was of 17002 on 255s seen in Stretford this afternoon

[undefined=undefined]Sharston seem to be regular outputting MANs at the moment onto 85/86s, not sure if their short of Enviro400s at the moment[/undefined]

I have had a cynical theory. Maybe Stagecoach have found it handy to cascade some Enviro400s early, and are putting some MANs onto routes 85 and 86 so that passengers feel relieved and impressed when the E40D-MMCs arrive shortly! I was hoping to ride one immediately after Christmas, but I now realise this is looking unpromising.