Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[gilbert]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(02/11/2015 18:24)Mayneway Wrote:  Because the 192 is the 'golden goose' and with this new park and ride scheme at hazel grove no doubt thier keen to have it as green as possible.

Having said that according to a post on another site, drivers from the depot these hybrids have come from are glad to see the back of them apparently so perhaps they will spend the majority of there time over the pits

And Stagecoach Stockport couldn't care less about people who live on other routes in the area.

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(02/11/2015 20:50)Dentonian Wrote:  I think a bit of a history lesson is required in answer to a number of these replies.

Stagecoach's Hybrid Enviro400s were initially part funded by the Government, to run on designated routes: 192 at Stockport, 42/43 at Sharston, 197/219 at Hyde Road. Subsequent commercial deliveries were also based on designated routes eg 50, 111, 256 etc.

For "operational" reasons, the 219 service was largely transferred from HE to AZ, supposedly with the equivalent number of Hybrids. However, the schedulers have decided to interwork 216s with 219s, so it can hardly be claimed AZ are short of Hybrids on that basis, just because they spend half their time on the 216. Similarly, why are HE suddenly short of Hybrids, when the requirement hasn't changed for some while, and it was always accepted that some peak extras on the 50 would be diesel operated.

As regards 19326-9, presumably it was decided that these were not good enough to replace younger Hybrids in Sheffield, so they have been dumped on Hyde Road, allowing the latter depot's newest mainstream* buses (19516 apart) to go to Sheffield instead. Of course, someone is going to say what about the 31 MMCs due at HE? Given the current operating environment, I can quite easily imagine them being branded for 38, 250 & X50, thus releasing the most of the other 09 reg diesels at HE (many of which are currently branded for the 38 & X50) to other depots to allow cascading of remaining Tridents.
* ie. not including X50 & 76 branded buses and tacho fitted 19528-31

What a horrible route the thirty eight is?

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Will the area be ever rid of 19004,the bus that doesn't appear to want to leave Manchester. It was on the X57 today.