Stagecoach West - Fleet News & Discussion

[Citistar]

Curious to see all these changes to WECA contracted services, particularly the frequency reductions. I don't recall seeing any of them being retendered.

 

[-Colly405-]

First day of the "service improvements" and there doesn't seem to have been much driver training of the changes.

First off, on a 71 earlier and the driver didn't know whether they could go through the "no through road" sign at the back entrance to Parkway. Not quite sure where else they thought they could go!

Then was on an 11 that took the "old" route at MOD roundabout (headed off towards UWE rather than Filton). Had to go to the UWE roundabout and do a u turn there. Driver said nothing had been said about the change of route.

No issues here with the drivers, not their fault if they've not been given the route knowledge...

 

[lukem]

Driver on the 11 had no idea where he was going or where the bus stops were. He skipped the new road bus bypass; this was apparently the way he was told to go.
Also complaining how he was supposed to turn around at Bristol Parkway to turn into the 71 and especially how you are meant to arrive on stand A and leave on stand B. He had no knowledge of how he was supposed to do the 71 route or how it had changed, had to phone the depot for knowledge.

 

[-Colly405-]

Driver on the 11 had no idea where he was going or where the bus stops were. He skipped the new road bus bypass; this was apparently the way he was told to go.
Also complaining how he was supposed to turn around at Bristol Parkway to turn into the 71 and especially how you are meant to arrive on stand A and leave on stand B. He had no knowledge of how he was supposed to do the 71 route or how it had changed, had to phone the depot for knowledge.

Oh dear... Not just me then lol

 

[Callum15632]

For anyone wondering 15768 is actually on 10/11/12/71 and it isn't on the 13 as it's double tracking. 37245 is tracking as 15768 on the 13.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I don't know whether Stagecoach have had a huge employment intake at the moment but services seem be cancelled far less than usual and I feel as if I'm forever seeing buses more often than before. I don't use them often, because I'm walking distance of Gloucester city centre but I have definitely noticed on my way to work more buses out.

 

[Callum15632]

I don't know whether Stagecoach have had a huge employment intake at the moment but services seem be cancelled far less than usual and I feel as if I'm forever seeing buses more often than before. I don't use them often, because I'm walking distance of Gloucester city centre but I have definitely noticed on my way to work more buses out.

There hasn't been a cancellation for a while in Bristol either to be fair. 2-3 years ago they used to cancel the 13 Bristol City Centre to Shirehampton quite a lot even though that route is every hour. It is a whole lot better now.

 

[LordCreed]

Does anyone happen to know the fate of the following ex Stagecoach West vehicles?

22844 - VX09 BCV
22845 - VX09 BCY
22846 - VX09 BCZ
22847 - VX09 BDE
22849 - VX09 BDO
36126 - VX10 COA
36377 - YX09 HYY - Ex Wessex, don't think it ever saw service. Was it scrapped?
37010 - YX63 ZTH - Involved in a fire. Presume scrapped?

I'd guess all have been scrapped as opposed to moving to other operators.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Does anyone happen to know the fate of the following ex Stagecoach West vehicles?

22844 - VX09 BCV - stripped for parts and scrapped
22845 - VX09 BCY
22846 - VX09 BCZ - sent for disposal
22847 - VX09 BDE - stripped for parts and scrapped
22849 - VX09 BDO
36126 - VX10 COA
36377 - YX09 HYY - Ex Wessex, don't think it ever saw service. Was it scrapped? - don't think it ever went to Stagecoach except on paper
37010 - YX63 ZTH - Involved in a fire. Presume scrapped?

I'd guess all have been scrapped as opposed to moving to other operators.

There's a few shots of the e300 on Flickr in various states of disrepair, mostly at the rear of Stroud depot. There is a photo of the Wessex vehicle with Stagecoach vehicles; don't recognise the location and it isn't Swindon where the others were sent for repair before repaint.

 

[banjo125]

36126 - VX10 COA involved in an RTA then scapped
37010 - YX63 ZTH caught fire & scrapped as a result

 

[Mwanesh]

I don't know whether Stagecoach have had a huge employment intake at the moment but services seem be cancelled far less than usual and I feel as if I'm forever seeing buses more often than before. I don't use them often, because I'm walking distance of Gloucester city centre but I have definitely noticed on my way to work more buses out.

They have a large pool of drivers nationwide who are willing to go on loan anywhere at short notice.

 

[Callum15632]

36927 has transferred from Oxford to Bristol yesterday (11th December 2024).

 

[Marcus Fryer]

Came through our letterbox today:

 

[ValleyLines142]

Noticed just before Christmas, 37628 and 37629 moved from Cheltenham to Bristol.

For Cheltenham Festival this year, observed the following buses made an appearance on loan for Race shuttles:

11207 - Morecambe
12345 - Plumstead (heritage)
11761 - Witney
11617/11772 - Newcastle
11727/11728 - Cambridge
11548 - Hastings

There were plenty more but I didn't work it this year, only briefly popped over to check on my fellow colleagues!

 

[JD2168]

11626/11647/11648/11714 went from Holbrook depot in Sheffield.