Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

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RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

(16/02/2013 20:58)cumbria0902150 Wrote:  22149 is the new spare for 94/97, its not a good bus though, had a fair few problems with it so it ended up being pulled from service yesterday. 22160 is having a fair few problems too despite it having a new engine fitted! Awful unreliable heaps of junk, only place they're fit enough for is a scrapyard, they'd need towed to a scrapyard though, would just break down if they were driven there! Second best place for them is on city services while the city Darts go out on country runs, they just break down when they're put on long routes that require them to go over 40mph. Just to think, I used to dislike the MAN Enviro300's, but they're like a Bentley compared to these ALX300 heaps!

There must have been a shortage of MAN Enviro300s today as overworked "reserve" 22960 was on the 79 Dumfries. 22149 and 22160 were both on the city services today but I do not know how long for!

34718 came back into Carlisle on an Auto Recoveries low-loader. I saw 20219 on a City run, I think it was on the 60, and this may just have been emergency covering for 34718 as it was back on its normal 94 12.30 run (but a few minutes late).