gka472l
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I've seen a mention on a FB group about some Manchester vehicles going to South West for the newly won Taunton park & ride, which needs 68 plate or newer.
HTH
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I've seen a mention on a FB group about some Manchester vehicles going to South West for the newly won Taunton park & ride, which needs 68 plate or newer.
HTH
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Leyland Bus
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Quite a curious incident in Manchester this morning involving a Stagecoach Enviro decker badly losing an argument to a tree.
It's reported that there are no serious injuries thankfully... Link to article is below.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It's reported that there are no serious injuries thankfully... Link to article is below.
LIVE: Major road shut in large police incident as bus has roof ripped off
Wilbraham Road in Chorlton is shut both ways this morning with emergency services on the scene
Looking at some of the pictures is there actually anyway it could be fixed as its seems to have sustained quite a bit of damage? The front end to just past the doors will obviously need a complete rebuild.
If it is to be rebuilt/fixed where will it be sent to be done?
If it is to be rebuilt/fixed where will it be sent to be done?
fgwrich
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I would say that looks convertible to fully open top. Or, it could receive half a front end from a scrap E400 as per other tree / bridge convertible victims.
What did make me smile a little though is that it shows: front and sides in the new livery, roof in the old beachball livery.
TheGrandWazoo
Veteran Member
16 year old decker decapitated with additional damage (visible) plus stuff you don’t see - be surprised if that doesn’t get scrapped.
Steve440
Member
Whilst the driver should have been taking care, surely the curb should be built out so that the tree would not be hit. Serious safety concerns on this road.
I believe there are a number of Stagecoach vehicles in Manchester with Beachball on the roof & local on the side. The ex Western Enviro300’s at Stagecoach Yorkshire Rawmarsh depot are in a similar way & still have a two tone Green roof from their BioBus days with the sides in either Beachball & Local.
It is a very puzzling picture given that the bus is pulling up to a stop. One can only think that the recent weather has had an impact on the tree.
py_megapixel
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That vehicle is a Stockport one so would have been due for replacement in the summer anyway with the new MCV/Volvo kit.
Pyewipecarshed
New Member
A great many of the buses in Manchester have not had their roofs repainted when receiving the new livery. Passing Hyde Road on the train you can see new liveried vehicles sporting beachball, magicbus and the old hybrid green liveried roofs. It's not just Stagecoach, a lot of companies don't bother repainting the roof any more.
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fgwrich
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Prepare to be surprised @TheGrandWazoo
I’m not surprised, bus roofs these days seem to be designed to be fairly sacrificial, or easily replaceable when they’re clouted by a tree etc.
TheGrandWazoo
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Thanks for preparing me
I just thought it was a little aged to spend the money to be converted. You're right that they are now built to be sacrificial but that's a rebuild and then you've wiring to sort too. Still, it's clearly not heading for Carlton just yet!
Leyland Bus
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As an aside, did Stagecoach Manchester ever open that satellite depot near Little Hulton for school buses? I never heard anything since it was first mooted??
Citibus
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This job advert https://stagecoach.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Trainee-School-Bus-Driver_JR4763 gives the depot address as Stagecoach, Little Hulton, Unit 36 Ravenscraig Road, Bolton, M38 9PU
I've seen multiple stagecoach buses school buses at school times coming from the area but haven't seen the depot itself.
Leyland Bus
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Thanks
It must be replacing the ALX 400 Trident as the Peak Explorer spare at Chesterfield.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Has anyone any news on whether the Stagecoach Manchester Magic Bus operation will still continue in its present format after the end of 2024?
The latest Stagecoach fleet card shown on this website has the Bee Network school buses scattered around all the regular depots. They are the buses highlighted in yellow.
Investigation shows the Little Hulton depot past to Stagecoach on 29th September 2023 on lease:-
Raven Locks, Ravenscraig Road, Little Hulton, Salford, M38 9PU - Novaloca.com
Key PointsLocationAshtons Fields is located just off the A5082, Cleggs Lane, providing excellent access to the local road
This is a previous advert by another estate agent:-
https://www.cbre.co.uk/property-sea...scraig-road-bolton-greater-manchester-m38-9pu
there are also currently some adverts from Stagecoach advertising jobs there, including one for a master engineer, which suggests its all a matter of time before it opens if it hasn't already.
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I understand that the School buses for Tranche One Schools contracts are not yet operating from Little Hulton.
They are still operating out of service from Sharston and Hyde Rd depots to run the school journeys and return to these depots during the day, then return for the afternoon run.
Some of these have operated on Tranche Two routes during the current school holidays
Bus times has a fleet list of vehicles allocated to Bee Network routes (school routes listed in the 7xx 8xx 9xx series)
https://bustimes.org/operators/bee-network-bnsm/vehicles
The non-franchise Stagecoach Manchester fleet is listed at https://bustimes.org/operators/stagecoach-greater-manchester
Usual caveat that the Bustimes fleet lists are based on ticket machines on vehicles and can vary depending how the machine is programmed
They are still operating out of service from Sharston and Hyde Rd depots to run the school journeys and return to these depots during the day, then return for the afternoon run.
Some of these have operated on Tranche Two routes during the current school holidays
Bus times has a fleet list of vehicles allocated to Bee Network routes (school routes listed in the 7xx 8xx 9xx series)
https://bustimes.org/operators/bee-network-bnsm/vehicles
The non-franchise Stagecoach Manchester fleet is listed at https://bustimes.org/operators/stagecoach-greater-manchester
Usual caveat that the Bustimes fleet lists are based on ticket machines on vehicles and can vary depending how the machine is programmed
Xenophon PCDGS
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Speaking from a passenger perspective, an elderly female friend of the family who uses the Stagecoach Manchester 368 buses from Cheadle Hulme to Wythenshawe wonders will the lower deck saloon on the buses scheduled to be run by Metroline instead on Stagecoach Manchester be any different if Metroline introduce their own fleet of buses, as when she asked a bus driver at Wythenshawe Interchange about the changes, she was told that Stagecoach will be sending the buses on the Stockport depot bus routes they will lose to Metroline they run presently from that depot to other bus routes they will retain.
They will be to the Bee Network spec, new buses will likely have two wheelchair spaces.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Will that specification have financial penalties attached if the route franchisee supplies buses to the otherwise?
TheGrandWazoo
Veteran Member
Bit of an update on this one, and seems that my hunch of a
has been borne out and that there is more damage than immediately met the eye.