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How about this - The 8 Leyland Titan PD2's that Preston Coverted to Highbridge PD3/6's using parts of there existing Leyland bodies, but in the case of 4 coverted them from Low-Bridge to High-Bridge specification, and on all coverted them from rear entrance open platform to Front Sliding Doors...

Thanks for that, I had thought I had seen a photo on Flickr of two or three in a semi scrapped condition at Barnsley, but from what i've researched today as a result of your post thats not the case, indead they all past on, but the research organsiation that had 29903 past it on for scrap. I...

Here are some more rare vehicles, but this time bodied by Massey of Wigan Wigan Corporation Transport 20/22 DJP468E, EEK 1F Leyland Panther Cub PSR1C/1 Massey B43D both delivered in August 1967, 1 of these is in preservation with the Wigan Transport Trust after being brought back from Malta...

There has never been a Volvo engined streetdeck, you are confussing it with Volvo B5 models that had Wright Gemini 3 bodies to Streetdeck design, and these are no longer made, therefore its almost certain they will have Daimler-Benz engines.

Here are a few rare types:- Islwyn 47-52 D405-410NUH Dodge G08 East Lancs DP25F - The only Dodge G08's bodied as buses for Mainstream PSV Operation, and the only ones with East Lancs bodies new in 1987. Widnes/Halton 5-7 RTF305-307M, 10-13 MCK210-213P Bristol RELL6L East Lancs, these were the...

3062-3064, and 3070 have all returned to service at Bolton, 3062/3 operated on Vantage on Friday, further examples may enter service this week.

It will be like before, things come full circle, for now its franchising, at some stage in the future at an undetermined date thing will go full circle and privatisation and the free market will happen again or a half way house between the two. Though I wouldn't be suprised in the interim if...

Here is another rare type which has so far been missed, the Bristol LH6L with Duple Dominant Bus body, only three were built, and all were new to Welsh Independent operators, namely KBX 38P with Davies of Pencader and LDE165/6P with Silcox of Pembroke Dock.

This has been posted by the Andover Advertiser in regards to JAA708 https://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/24235748.king-alfred-bus-saved-scrap-following-fire-near-andover/

If Stagecoach is adding any vehicles to the pool, then it will be vehicles they don't want, e.g. Hybrid Enviro E400H's of which several in the group have burst into flames of which most are at Manchester now. I think there is a possibilty that they may loan vehicles to Metroline, but they...

There were also the 30 Volvo B5LH, Wrightbus Gemini 2 vehicles in London, that were leased from Volvo on a 5 year lease, from 2014, and later sold on to Arriva London, in 2019, when they were returned from lease.

Most operators would not bother replacing badges when the front panel gets damaged and replaced, or when the rear panel gets damaged, after all placing badges onto buses increases the time the vehicle is off the road and is therefore a cost that can be avoided, as is the cost of the badge itself.

Investigation shows the Little Hulton depot past to Stagecoach on 29th September 2023 on lease:- https://novaloca-prod.azurewebsites.net/industrial-unit/for-sale-or-to-let/manchester/ravenscraig-road/146057 This is a previous advert by another estate agent:-...

I don't think anything other than E400H's would move to Metroline, the E400H's might pass because most of them are based at Manchester by Stagecoach or are now owned by TfGM anyway, and they are also very troublesum, Nothing else would pass to Stagecoach, especially when Stagecoach group have a...

Metroline might by second-hand ex London stock, from various dealerships, in addition to bringing in its own London stock, as per GoAhead. Metroline tend no to buy products from ADL and prefer Volvo and Wrightbus so perhaps any additional new buses in addition to the TfGM stock, will be Volvo's...