stevenedin
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They may have won a Council contract.
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Could be an error? Looking in that notice it says it covers Falkirk District Council and it also has a previous registration within the Falkirk area against that number (F2). I wonder if it is actually a Prentice registration as it fits their numbering and normal operational area. There is also a 109 showing up here:
PM1089522 – PRENTICE COACHES LTD – bustimes.org
The change for the McGills registration also says "Revised timetable to better align with 312 public holiday operation". Most certainly an error.Could be an error? Looking in that notice it says it covers Falkirk District Council and it also has a previous registration within the Falkirk area against that number (F2). I wonder if it is actually a Prentice registration as it fits their numbering and normal operational area. There is also a 109 showing up here:
PM1089522 – PRENTICE COACHES LTD – bustimes.org
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Baileygirl
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They have now changed the route no to F2.
JKP
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East Lothian contract? I thought this was a Prentice route.
Stan Drews
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PM0000003/707 is for the F2 service in Falkirk, so looks like a few gremlins within the Traffic Area Office system, now that it’s being done from Leeds!!
Stan Drews
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Primarily because a recent update from the app provider means that cancelled journeys now show up when you’re searching for live times at your bus stop, but the fact that there are a lot fewer now is also relevant.
Metal Mickey
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The likely reason being that schools are on holiday resulting in less buses and duties.
Being done from Leeds? Didnt know that. Why would that happen. Is it not a devolved thing? They have not made that public nowledge!!!!!!
Stan Drews
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They closed all the local area offices quite a number of years ago and centralised everything at Leeds. Edinburgh was the only local office they kept open, but a long serving employee recently left and they seem to have decided to move the Scottish area office to Leeds too.
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Does anyone have any heads-up on what vehicle(s) the forthcoming Stirling Sightseer will be using? I'm guessing a simple local loop around town and up to the Wallace Monument at an hourly frequency will only require a peak vehicle requirement of one.
Source: https://www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk/stirling-sightseer-coming-soon
Stirling Sightseer coming soon
Stirling Sightseer coming soon
Open top bus tour arrives for summer 2024
We’re getting prepared to bring you a bright new way to experience all the incredible attractions of the historic city of Stirling.
This hop-on, hop-off tour will connect all the famous sights of our great city including Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument, and plenty more besides, with entertaining commentary along the way.
More details coming soon!
Source: https://www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk/stirling-sightseer-coming-soon
The publicity shows an open top Gemini.
Which there are none spare of as they are all at Bright Bus.
I would assume an Enviro 400 like the Dundee tour.
roadierway77
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8951 has been repainted into orange, so it may be used for the Stirling Sightseer. Either that or one of the open top E400s.
That's due for transfer to Brightbus for the Bus and Boat tour
Stan Drews
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It will be using one of the E400 open tops acquired with the First (Bright Bus) business.
roadierway77
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Ah yes that would make sense.
matchmaker
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It appears to miss out a certain battlefield where the Scots beat the English in 1314! I seem to remember that that location was dropped from the previous incarnation of this route.
Dfatcontroller
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8926 - LK08NVL is the vehicle in use.
8926 - LK08NVO (Stirling Castle)
McGill's Midland Bluebird commenced operation of the Stirling Sightseer this week taking in the sights of Bannockburn, The Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle. The last of which can be seen behind partial open-top Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 8926 - LK08NVO in Stirling livery.
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The ticket includes free travel on local services to Bannockburn
Metal Mickey
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Where are the Midland Bluebird repaints being done?
Stan Drews
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There are ‘in-house’ painting facilities at Greenock, Johnstone and Larbert depots, where the majority of repaints are done for the McGill’s Bus Group.
Lothianbus703
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The website https://www.andypreece.co.uk/glasgowbus/servicechanges.htm shows a route called "Trossachs Explorer" operated by Mcgills Midland Bluebird.
The route runs Balfron - Aberfoyle - Callander and is shown to start from the 1st of July.
The route runs Balfron - Aberfoyle - Callander and is shown to start from the 1st of July.
matchmaker
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That brings back memories of the Trossachs Trundler, a Bedford OB which ran from Callander to Loch Katrine, over the Dukes Pass to Aberfoyle, and back to Callander via Port of Monteith during the summer months. Think it was owned by the owner of Addisons Newsagents in Callander. All long gone now. There was also a Loch Earn Trundler using, I think, a Leyland Tiger.
0480/1 are currently being wrapped for this service.
Metal Mickey
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I hope the Larbert repaints are spray painted this time. Years ago, they used to hand paint the buses and the paintwork didn’t wear very well.
I would have thought starting it from Stirling would make it easier for tourists.
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Stan Drews
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It’s timed to meet existing routes to provide links with both Stirling and Glasgow.
Leyland Bus
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There's nothing wrong with brush painting buses if you have people doing it who know what they're doing and decent quality paint is used. A good brush job is just as good as a spray job.