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tbtc
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Since we’ve got a separate local thread now, for local matters, is there anything on the horizon other than the twenty Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMCs due for Holbrook?
Ideally they could cascade some of the 61/62 plate double deckers onto other Holbrook routes like the 7 and 25 which can be fairly busy on their reduced frequencies (see also Ecclesfield routes like the 86, given cuts to First services around Abbeydale Road/ Grenoside etc), but I wouldn’t be surprised if the older buses left Sheffield
Ideally they could cascade some of the 61/62 plate double deckers onto other Holbrook routes like the 7 and 25 which can be fairly busy on their reduced frequencies (see also Ecclesfield routes like the 86, given cuts to First services around Abbeydale Road/ Grenoside etc), but I wouldn’t be surprised if the older buses left Sheffield
I would hope for some deckers at Ecclesfield depot as 19032/19033/19035 can’t run into Sheffield Centre due to the clean air zone (CAZ) in effect which is why they can only run 72/72a/201 & busy routes into Sheffield Centre have more singles than before.
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317 forever
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I believe electric buses are due for routes from Barnsley to Doncaster and Rotherham.
I do not know what types have been ordered though.
I do not know what types have been ordered though.
TC60054
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They're Yutongs.
J-2739
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Have you any idea when they will be delivered/enter service? And where they'll be based at? Thanks!
Both the routes for the electric buses (22x & 221) are run from Rawmarsh depot.
J-2739
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Cheers.
Ecclesfield depot Enviro 400 19035 has been swapped with Scania E400 15666 from Barnsley depot.
Enviro 400 19033 at Ecclesfield has been swapped with Scania E400 15664 from Barnsley.
This now means all the WA10 plate Scania’s at Stagecoach Yorkshire are now at Ecclesfield depot.
Enviro 400 19033 at Ecclesfield has been swapped with Scania E400 15664 from Barnsley.
This now means all the WA10 plate Scania’s at Stagecoach Yorkshire are now at Ecclesfield depot.
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317 forever
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Oh thank you.
For good measure, now I know I have no need to go to Inverness to ride a Stagecoach Yutong there anymore.
J-2739
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Some old guys! Hopefully I get a spin on them before they dissappear. I presume they are based at Ecclesfield?
EnviroExplorer
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18356 and 18381 are based at Chesterfield and have been pictured on Clay Cross runs quite frequently. 18364 has been used at Ecclesfield on the 72 service but wasn’t supposed to be staying there, as with the Sheffield Clean Air Zone there is very few routes they can work. As I understand it, they should be at Chesterfield for a few months until the new Enviro 400 MMCs arrive for Sheffield and cause some internal cascades, with Chesterfield needing them for the higher PVR soon with the X17 extension mentioned in the Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News thread.
TC60054
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Ferrymill Motors FM36 on loan at Rawmarsh depot
Quite good news for the X17. Extended to Matlock Bath and Wirksworth, plus every half an hour to Matlock now. Loadings must be good on it.
www.stagecoachbus.com
X17 Gold Bus - Barnsley to Wirksworth| Stagecoach
Luxury bus between Barnsley - Meadowhall - IKEA - Sheffield - Chesterfield - Matlock - Wirksworth. 7 days a week
www.stagecoachbus.com
cnjb8
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I believe the extension and frequency increase has been funded by Derbyshire County CouncilQuite good news for the X17. Extended to Matlock Bath and Wirksworth, plus every half an hour to Matlock now. Loadings must be good on it.
X17 Gold Bus - Barnsley to Wirksworth| Stagecoach
Luxury bus between Barnsley - Meadowhall - IKEA - Sheffield - Chesterfield - Matlock - Wirksworth. 7 days a week
That's right, part of a package of investments being made as part of their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding that Derbyshire County Council successfully bid to the government's bus back better scheme for. You can read about that at https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transport-roads/public-transport/public-transport.aspx
Something I have noticed about Stagecoach's Ecclesfield depot vehicles: on a near side window a heart shape has appeared with rainbow colours on the inside of it, with underneath it saying "Proud To Serve". I've not seen it on the other Yorkshire depot vehicles.
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It's just a Stagecoach slogan. It has been running since 2020; it was initially a staff badge.
Llandudno
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I wonder if it will make an appearance on the newly extended X17 to Wirksworth this week!
Rod Harrison
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Is it the 'new' gold livery or have they used up paint and painted it in the old livery?
TC60054
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It's in the "old" Gold livery
Should do. I would think the Gold Scania E400’s will appear more often alongside the E400MMC’s
m79900
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I can't imagine the Wirksworth extension will last too long. I saw it earlier and there wasn't a single person on it.
Which seems a bit off when 'gold' seems to be phased out into 'school bus' yellow.
Doesn't sound to good but it is the first day. Did pick up a timetable in the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway ticket office today so if they are else where hopefully that will spread the word.
darloscott
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They’re getting funding for it so until that runs out they’ll be fine. It’s a Sunday and day one… give it chance.
m79900
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I'm hoping that as locals find out about it, it'll become more popular
derbybusdepot
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I'm sure it will, especially if other services fail to operate.
Interesting that an "OT1" service is registered from Saturday 22nd July until 3rd Sept - Chatsworth House to Chatsworth House via Bakewell.
EnviroExplorer
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Perhaps a use for open top Trident 18467 which was reported to have moved to Chesterfield a few weeks back. Otherwise only used by the East Midlands division as a Santa Bus.