Stagecoach East Midlands

[CN12 AWU]

That's likely a genuine transfer, as 48172-4 have gone into service at Stroud.
Whatever they're for, East Midlands seem to have a need for minibuses, as they've also taken some ex-London 8.9/9.4m E200s in the past few weeks.

If they are the ones from Northampton then there meant to be coming to Hull apparently as extra buses for 16/33/40/61 which some parts of route are very tight with badly parked cars

That's likely a genuine transfer, as 48172-4 have gone into service at Stroud.
Whatever they're for, East Midlands seem to have a need for minibuses, as they've also taken some ex-London 8.9/9.4m E200s in the past few weeks.

If they are direct from London ones any idea which as this is the first I have heard on it

 

[Fox192]

Where’s the solos supposed to be going

 

[CN12 AWU]

Where’s the solos supposed to be going

Won't be Hull as they can't be used at Hull Interchange

I suspect be either Scunthorpe, Skegness, Lincoln or Grimsby

 

[ACBest]

Won't be Hull as they can't be used at Hull Interchange

I suspect be either Scunthorpe, Skegness, Lincoln or Grimsby

Hull have had Solos in the past, and they worked fine out of the Interchange.

 

[liamf656]

Hull have had Solos in the past, and they worked fine out of the Interchange.

I believe there is (or was) a genuine ban on wheel forward buses using the Interchange as they can't deploy the wheelchair ramp! Both Stagecoach (and EYMS) had to transfer away their Solos when the DDA compliance, as it was then, was made stricter in the industry

 

[CN12 AWU]

I believe there is (or was) a genuine ban on wheel forward buses using the Interchange as they can't deploy the wheelchair ramp! Both Stagecoach (and EYMS) had to transfer away their Solos when the DDA compliance, as it was then, was made stricter in the industry

Correct forward wheel buses are banned from Hull Interchanges due to the stands being too short

 

[jimbob185]

Won't be Hull as they can't be used at Hull Interchange

I suspect be either Scunthorpe, Skegness, Lincoln or Grimsby

The 3 solos are currently at Skegness so I would expect will enter service there.

 

[Hyebone]

47471, 47688 and 47735 have just appeared on Bustimes for Stagecoach East Midlands is this someone messing around or have these transferred to a East Midlands Depot?

Seems a odd move as East Midlands have no other Solos, I also wonder what these 3 have replaced

I suspect what ever replaced have moved in opposite direction?

I've seen a photo of them sat inside Skegness depot [edit: I didn't refresh the page before posting, sorry Jimbob!]

 

[CN12 AWU]

The 3 solos are currently at Skegness so I would expect will enter service there.

Any idea what they replaced?

 

[Fox192]

Has 19639 been fixed yet, been off road for 2 months now

 

[jimbob185]

Any idea what they replaced?

They are Wisbech town services 66 and 68 which currently look to be currently ran by E200s or a decker. This should allow these to move on to other services which you would expect will help with the shortage of buses that Skegness was facing. It might also allow 19211 and 36450 to return to Hull as I think both are currently on loan to Skegness.

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

I don't think it's previously been recorded on here, but Enviro 400 19045 latterly with East Scotland entered service at Grimsby on 28th November.

 

[CN12 AWU]

They are Wisbech town services 66 and 68 which currently look to be currently ran by E200s or a decker. This should allow these to move on to other services which you would expect will help with the shortage of buses that Skegness was facing. It might also allow 19211 and 36450 to return to Hull as I think both are currently on loan to Skegness.

19211, 19380, 19381, 19383, 36450 and 1 E300 were loaded from Hull to Skegness a while back

Apparently hull are due all available loans back also 2 baby E200's and a MAN listed above from another Stagecoach Area (on a previous post)

10469 to 10472 have appeared on Stagecoach East Midlands bus times

Any idea what depot there for? Or is someone playing around

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

18164 in Grimsby depot yard today on the Mission Christmas tour

 

[K13R0N]

19211, 19380, 19381, 19383, 36450 and 1 E300 were loaded from Hull to Skegness a while back

Apparently hull are due all available loans back also 2 baby E200's and a MAN listed above from another Stagecoach Area (on a previous post)

10469 to 10472 have appeared on Stagecoach East Midlands bus times

Any idea what depot there for? Or is someone playing around

Mansfield, 10042-45 have returned to Manchester for the Bee Network apparently.

 

[JollyGood02]

10469 to 10472 have appeared on Stagecoach East Midlands bus times

Mansfield, 10042-45 have returned to Manchester for the Bee Network apparently.

10042-45 went back to Manchester in exchange for 10469-72

 

[CN12 AWU]

Not sure but 24192 and I believe 2 other MAN E300's have been noted in Mansfield depot today from Hull

Does anyone know why there in Mansfield and are loan or transferred from Hull? If so has anything gone the other way

In other news 36450 is back from its Holiday in Skegness and is surprisingly on 7/8 Hull Circulars today

 

[Fox192]

I would only hope they was swapping for the mmcs from Manchester but I doubt it

 

[SteveyBee131]

Not sure if it's been mentioned already, I've noticed Fife liveried 19064 started tracking in service in the last week working from Scunthorpe depot. I've not heard of it recieving any form of more generic livery yet (probably due to the ongoing new livery trials elsewhere), so it could be an interesting one to track down if that's your thing.

 

[CN12 AWU]

Seen 3 E400 Electrics on Holderness Road in Hull heading towards Hornsea direction around 1130 this morning

Any ideas where these 3 were going all were YX74 registered

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

Not sure if it's been mentioned already, I've noticed Fife liveried 19064 started tracking in service in the last week working from Scunthorpe depot. I've not heard of it recieving any form of more generic livery yet (probably due to the ongoing new livery trials elsewhere), so it could be an interesting one to track down if that's your thing.

It's still in full Fife livery complete with "serving the Kingdom for 60 years" posters.
It features on this video on YouTube (not mine);

 

[ricoblade]

Had a weird one yesterday evening on the 18:35 98 Doncaster to Gainsborough (ADL/TransBus Enviro300 I think, I’m not a spotter!).

Pulled over at my stop and some of the electronics failed including the indicators and the doors, though the engine was still running and the lights were on.

The driver had to let me off through the emergency door and was trying to call engineering with no reply while I was there.

I pity the remaining passenger, the driver said that this had happened before and she couldn’t even switch the engine off to try a reboot (and it was their Xmas do when she finished!).

 

[mbonwick]

It's still in full Fife livery complete with "serving the Kingdom for 60 years" posters.
It features on this video on YouTube (not mine);

Unlikely it will get paint, as one of the early Euro3 E400s it's firmly in the disposal list for when everything comes out of Manchester in 3 weeks time.

 

[CN12 AWU]

Unlikely it will get paint, as one of the early Euro3 E400s it's firmly in the disposal list for when everything comes out of Manchester in 3 weeks time.

Wonder if the Euro3 E400's at hull eg 19307/8, 19377,19379 and 19382 will also be withdrawn when the newer Manchester ones arrive, apparently 30 are coming just for Hull so I'm wondering if they may see off the 22** MAN E300's and some 24** MAN E300's as well?

 

[jimbob185]

Wonder if the Euro3 E400's at hull eg 19307/8, 19377,19379 and 19382 will also be withdrawn when the newer Manchester ones arrive, apparently 30 are coming just for Hull so I'm wondering if they may see off the 22** MAN E300's and some 24** MAN E300's as well?

I don’t think 19307, 19308, 19377, 19379 and 19382 are Euro 3. I think the only Euro 3 E400s are in the 19000-19130 range.

 

[Fox192]

I reckon that if they are mmcs they will come to displace the e400s to Gainsborough etc

 

[aswilliamsuk]

Seen 3 E400 Electrics on Holderness Road in Hull heading towards Hornsea direction around 1130 this morning

Any ideas where these 3 were going all were YX74 registered

Test run from the Scarborough factory, perhaps?

 

[JollyGood02]

Bad morning today, 10976 had an incident on its way to Nottingham about 8ish

Double-decker bus crashes into ditch on main road - updates

Around twenty passengers were onboard, police say

www.nottinghampost.com

 

[CN12 AWU]

Test run from the Scarborough factory, perhaps?

All 3 drivers were in Stagecoach uniform and no trade plates to be seen

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

According to a driver I was speaking to recently, 57 Enviro 400MMCs are due at East Midlands from Manchester imminently, of which 4 have already arrived at Mansfield as noted in post #103.
There is a post in the Stagecoach Manchester discussion on this forum stating that 45 older Enviro 400s in the 192xx range are due to come to East Midlands by May after a period of loan to Metroline. So 102 buses all in.
Looking at Bustimes East Mids have 79 vehicles due for replacement (29 ALX400s and 50 Euro 3 Enviro 400s).
It will be interesting to see what else is replaced. A possibility is the B7RLES of which there are 24 currently, pretty much non-standard in Stagecoach.