First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester
I rode a few First buses last Saturday including 33657 on route 36 and 36280 on route 184. It was indeed a birthday-week treat from First to be able to ride examples of both batches of ex-Olympics double-deckers on the same day! I rode another leather-seated bus 69528 on route 582, and "ordinary" 37288 on route 100.

The route 582 Eclipses had been repainted remarkably early as they were only new last year, but then route 582 is a flagship route. I noticed that with routes 67 and 100 being double-decked, the frequencies have been cut.

With the deliveries of Geminis in 2008-09 and Enviro 400s (and 2 more Geminis) this year, First Manchester has more double-deckers than for many years now.