Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire

[Andyh82]

Due to the heavy snow fall in the area, looks like Stagecoach CNL had to abandon quite a lot of the ‘lakes’ fleet in the Lake District area last night

BusTimes shows journeys on the 555 and 599 ending many hours late in the middle of nowhere and then dead journeys starting from the same place this morning

11574 looks to have spent the night just north of Ambleside
11576 near Ings
11577 at Waterhead just south of Ambleside
11578 in Ambleside
11579 just to the south of Windermere
13802 at Brockhole
13804 at Ambleside

Hopefully the drivers didn’t have to spend the night on the bus


I’ve also seen on X that due to all the regular buses being stuck they deployed an open top bus on the south section of the 555 from Kendal to Lancaster.

 

[markymark2000]

Due to the heavy snow fall in the area, looks like Stagecoach CNL had to abandon quite a lot of the ‘lakes’ fleet in the Lake District area last night

BusTimes shows journeys on the 555 and 599 ending many hours late in the middle of nowhere and then dead journeys starting from the same place this morning

11574 looks to have spent the night just north of Ambleside
11576 near Ings
11577 at Waterhead just south of Ambleside
11578 in Ambleside
11579 just to the south of Windermere
13802 at Brockhole
13804 at Ambleside

Hopefully the drivers didn’t have to spend the night on the bus


I’ve also seen on X that due to all the regular buses being stuck they deployed an open top bus on the south section of the 555 from Kendal to Lancaster.

The best one is 10555 which for some reason continued from Ulverston (despite all others terminating), the bus then got stuck after Newby Bridge moving very slowly for about 2 hours before sitting there between 22:00 and 01:30ish before the bus continued it's journey to Kendal arriving 6 1/2 hours late. I am not sure if it was a joke but the bus was then logged into it's return trip running 5 hours late (or you could argue that it was the 23:10 running 3 1/2 hours later). Not sure how many passengers were waiting for it but it seemed to run, including diverting into Lindale and getting stuck there for half an hour and finally arriving back into the depot at half 4 this morning, about 9 hours after leaving Barrow, it returned.

10555 - SN16 ONX

ADL Enviro400 MMC

bustimes.org

 

[darloscott]

The best one is 10555 which for some reason continued from Ulverston (despite all others terminating), the bus then got stuck after Newby Bridge moving very slowly for about 2 hours before sitting there between 22:00 and 01:30ish before the bus continued it's journey to Kendal arriving 6 1/2 hours late. I am not sure if it was a joke but the bus was then logged into it's return trip running 5 hours late (or you could argue that it was the 23:10 running 3 1/2 hours later). Not sure how many passengers were waiting for it but it seemed to run, including diverting into Linthorpe and getting stuck there for half an hour and finally arriving back into the depot at half 4 this morning, about 9 hours after leaving Barrow, it returned.

10555 - SN16 ONX

ADL Enviro400 MMC

bustimes.org

They promised on Twitter they would run the 1840 (albeit from Ulverston) and 2140 return… which they did - eventually!

 

[markymark2000]

They promised on Twitter they would run the 1840 (albeit from Ulverston) and 2140 return… which they did - eventually!

I hadn't checked their twitter.

The 18:40 did run from Barrow, it seems that it only shows a part trip due to the split registration.

The 21:40 may as well have been cancelled and replaced by the 23:10. If we're going to be a stickler though, they claimed it was running but it didn't serve most of the stops in Dalton or Barrow.

 

[Russel]

Fair play to Stagecoach here, credit where credit is due!

 

[randyrippley]

The best one is 10555 which for some reason continued from Ulverston (despite all others terminating), the bus then got stuck after Newby Bridge moving very slowly for about 2 hours before sitting there between 22:00 and 01:30ish before the bus continued it's journey to Kendal arriving 6 1/2 hours late. I am not sure if it was a joke but the bus was then logged into it's return trip running 5 hours late (or you could argue that it was the 23:10 running 3 1/2 hours later). Not sure how many passengers were waiting for it but it seemed to run, including diverting into Linthorpe and getting stuck there for half an hour and finally arriving back into the depot at half 4 this morning, about 9 hours after leaving Barrow, it returned.

10555 - SN16 ONX

ADL Enviro400 MMC

bustimes.org

Linthorpe? Do you mean Milnthorpe?

 

[markymark2000]

Linthorpe? Do you mean Milnthorpe?

We were both wrong, I meant Lindale haha. Not a clue why I put Linthorpe. My head must have been thinking of other things.

 

[randyrippley]

We were both wrong, I meant Lindale haha. Not a clue why I put Linthorpe. My head must have been thinking of other things.

Lindale or Lindal-in-Furness?

 

[RELL6L]

I don't think it has been mentioned before on this thread, but it seems the 78 Keswick open top service continues this winter and is being operated by the 17 plate Volvo B5TLs from Kendal. Not only that but there appears to be an in-service run from Kendal on the 555 - departs Kendal 07.00, return departs Keswick 18.00 - run by the open top bus. On a dry day that's one heck of a way to see the best of the Lake District!

There are two buses used during the day, one comes up from Kendal as the 555 and heads back out of service in the afternoon, the other comes up out of service in the morning and returns in service in the evening.

 

[mbonwick]

Lindale or Lindal-in-Furness?

Lindale. The hill was somewhat of a challenge...