Bus Tracking Website

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RE: Bus Tracking website

(09/10/2020 06:21)M60lad Wrote:  There seems to be a problem with Stagecoach's Tridents and Bus Times at the moment as the Tridents that are back in service at Stagecoach Manchester don't show up on the tracker either, well they do show up in the fleet list but according to the fleet list they haven't been out since about March.

Quite possibly had the AVL removed from the older vehicles (its usually in a black dome device somewhere near the ticket machine) if theyve been in storage and wernt looking likely to return to service , or could be that the ERG baseplate plus AVL setup have been removed when a bus has moved to another depot - usually "depot A" would remove their baseplate and AVL and all associated wiring then "depot B" would fit their baseplate and AVL equipment when it has transferred to them - quite likely theyve just fitted a baseplate rather than bother fitting the AVL equipment too, especially if its not staying long. Baseplates are a simple Pos Neg and sometimes Earth cable job whereas the AVL adds a lot more wiring into the mix.

EDIT - Anybody know if the tridents show up with live times on the Stagecoach app? If so then theyre AVL fitted, if not then AVL either isnt active/not fitted