First Greater Manchester

[stait.john]

I couldn’t find one so I have started one. Surprised there isn’t one already to be fair.

63096, 63098, 63099 & 63100 are the first of seven Streetlites to arrive from Potteries, reintroducing the type to Oldham Depot after a few years without any!

63097, 63101 & 63102 to follow.

 

[Geeves]

You reckon these will be heading onto the new Rochdale/Bury local work John? I believe something like 40 buses are required with plenty of work already in the hands of similar buses

 

[stait.john]

Personally, yes I do. And the existing Amazon contract at Oldham will of course move to Rochdale too.

Transdev and First are now in the final stages of agreeing for First to take on the lease for the existing depot in Rochdale.

Just three serviceable Vantage liveried Volvos left now at Bolton. 39241, 39246 & 39260.

39248 is at Bus & Coach World currently for paint, 39259 is at Reads in Oswaldtwistle.

39255 is at Thomas Hardie Trafford Park awaiting a new engine, once this work is completed it will go for paint.

39257 is delicensed at Oldham after receiving RTC damage to the front offside.

69539 is helping out at Bolton currently.

 

[mic]

37676 and 37678 still have First York fleetnames above the door

 

[Simon75]

Why send the Mainline branded buses, not the unbranded ones
I know the PVR has been reduced slightly on 4 (Hanley to Audley, curtailed Hanley to Waterhayes

 

[Fin447]

Why send the Mainline branded buses, not the unbranded ones
I know the PVR has been reduced slightly on 4 (Hanley to Audley, curtailed Hanley to Waterhayes

There was only 5 in olympia livery so at least two had to be mainline ones

 

[mic]

BD11 CFJ

After vanishing from Oldham depot in February 2022, 69529 has spent almost two years as a training vehicle at The Manchester College's Wythenshawe Campus. Today it leaves the workshop to return to Oldham. I presume it will wind up at Olive Grove with it's sisters.

www.flickr.com

link is to photo of 69529 which has been used for training at Wythenshaw Campus of a Manchester college

 

[Dallamlad]

Are there any updates on what First plan to use at Rochdale from March? I’ve heard E200s mentioned but also new B8rle MCV Evoras.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Are there any updates on what First plan to use at Rochdale from March? I’ve heard E200s mentioned but also new B8rle MCV Evoras.

Didn’t they order 17 Mellor Stratas though who knows how administration will impact that?

 

[mic]

37437 withdrawn now for scrap

here is link https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/VehicleFound?locale=en of report above

 

[JD2168]

Further StreetLite’s to Manchester are:
From First South Yorkshire 63041 & 63105.
From First Leicester 63109.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Further StreetLite’s to Manchester are:
From First South Yorkshire 63041 & 63105.
From First Leicester 63109.

63109 was new to Greater Manchester, and has gone via Bristol, Bath, Weymouth, Portsmouth and Leicester to end up back there!

 

[LT02 NVV]

Hey, do any of you guys know the fleet numbers of the 15 B9TL Gemini buses that are moving from Manchester to Glasgow?

 

[Whiteway215]

Hey, do any of you guys know the fleet numbers of the 15 B9TL Gemini buses that are moving from Manchester to Glasgow?

According to an item on First Glasgow Bus Group Facebook the 15 are 37457/58/59/60/61/67/69/70/71 and 37545/46/47/48/49/50 and the move date would be around 16 March. But of course plans could still change between now and then with a change in circumstances.

 

[bgbus21]

Further StreetLite’s to Manchester are:
From First South Yorkshire 63041 & 63105.
From First Leicester 63109.

Also from Leicester is also 63110 SM13NCV

 

[LT02 NVV]

According to an item on First Glasgow Bus Group Facebook the 15 are 37457/58/59/60/61/67/69/70/71 and 37545/46/47/48/49/50 and the move date would be around 16 March. But of course plans could still change between now and then with a change in circumstances.

Yeah, plans do change, I remember that they were going to send 15 of the SN12 Plate Enviro 400s at first, but they decided to change it to B9TL Gemini.

 

[stait.john]

37553/37556 Oldham to Doncaster

47432 has moved from First Hampshire & Dorset and is currently in for Bee Network repaint at Mellor, Rochdale

 

[bgbus21]

63104 SM13NCE has moved over from South Yorkshire and is in use at Oldham as of this morning