Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[gilesbus1]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(10/12/2019 12:25)gka472l Wrote:  Manchester got half of the very first batch of Scania/Enviro400 back in 2008 with 15444-15455 at Hyde Road, they didn't stay in Manchester very long......

I think its not just that, that is an issue, apart from the batch based at Liverpool which were transferred in second-hand from Stagecoach South, no other ADL Enviro400 bodied Scania's are present at an Urban base within the group. There are obvious reasons why not, ADL Enviro400 integrals are far better at short hop start stop work while Scania N230UD/N270UD's are better at long distance routes where the distance between stops outside towns is much longer and therefore these perform better there and are better at long haul work.

Although in contrast to this fleets outside the group may consider them to be fine for localised work, such as Nottingham City Transport.

Manchester perhaps is not a place to use Scania's as traffic congestion is severe and also there are no long range regular routes of over 20 miles where Scania's can perform at there best.

However Stagecoach Scania's can still be seen in Greater Manchester in Bolton with Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancs operating from Preston and Chorley on what is a long distance out of area route of greater than 20 miles.