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ARCHIVE WEEK COMMENCING 25 FEBRUARY
WEEK COMMENCING 25 FEBRUARY
Thanks this week go to for information,
unknown driver, Scott Moore the colour of remarks in main body of notes is attributed to the same coloured name aboveArriva NORTH WEST & WALES
SOUTHPORT GARAGE
Route operations in Southport. There is no hard and fast rule as to vehicle type to route allocation in Southport. On the whole routes 42/44 are operated by the Wright bodied B6/10BLE’s with the occasional Plaxton bodied Dart or Marshall bodied Dart, routes 43/46, and 49/49A are operated with anything allocated to Southport you can see examples of most types on these routes although route 49/49A seem to have more high floor buses allocated to it than route 43/6, Route 47 is normally operated by Marshall bodied Darts and SB220 2624, routes 48, 48A & 300 are worked by Wright Endurance bodied B10B’s with the occasional low floor bus usually Wright bodied examples, routes PR1, PR2 are operated by the DAF SB220’s and Saturday only PR3 is worked by the Plaxton bodied Darts, with other low floor buses covering for shortages, the Plaxton bodied Darts also work on any route, and the Olympians work on routes 43/6, 47B, and occasionally 49/49A, although ANY bus can appear on ANY route
Vehicles allocated
Ld AN68 (1) 3980
Vo OLY (4) 3362/63/64/65
Vo B10B (26) 6507/14/5/6/7/8/20/21/7/8/35/6/7/8/44/5/6,
6548/54/8/9, 6611/5/6/7/9/22
Ds Dart SLF (10) 2291/2/93/4, 7651/2/3/54/5/6
DAF SB220 (5) 2624/5/6/7/8 Note, in special livery for Park & Ride, except 2624
Vo B10BLE (7) 2722/23/4/5/6/7/8
Vo B6BLE (13) 2801/2/03/4/13/4/5/6/7/8/9/21/2
Total for service 65, Low floor 35 High floor 26 double deck 4 , low floor % = 53.8
Out of a total allocation of 65 vehicles the following have not been seen this week, 6515/48 (63)
Ld AN68 Open Top has not been noted this week
Volvo OLYMPIAN all have been noted during the week working on routes 43/6, 47B, 49/49A & & L. C. C. Schools, route 48A saw 3363 on Thursday (08C1 0228 (1)/ (2))
Volvo B10B All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 6515/48, working routes 48A, and 300, with routes 43/6 seeing 6517/8/20/8/35/619/22 and routes 49/49A seeing 6514/36/45/58/9,
DART SLF/PLAXTON (FORMALLY GAS POWERED) all have been noted out during the week working routes PR3, 49/49A, 43/6 and 42/4,
DAF SB220 all have been noted working Park & Ride services PR1 & PR2 during the week, with 2624 seeing use on route 47
Volvo B10SLF All have been noted out during the week working routes 42/4, 43/6 47 and 49/49A, with route PR3 seeing 2724 (08C1 0301 (1)),
Volvo B6BLE All have been noted out during the week working routes 42/4, 43/6 and 49/49A
DART SLF/MARSHALL all have been noted out during the week with the exception of, working routes 43/6 47/47B and 49/49A
GENERAL NOTES/SERVICE
it is reported that Seven new buses are due (one of the Lady Drivers)On Saturday Scott Moore wrote
Hi Kev,
Firstly I send scans of the 1st and the Final editions of the Fleetwood Gazette for you to see.
Secondly, we have lost the 44 to Woodvale and gained the 42 Ovington Drive. Very confusing for passengers. Seen 4 buses like this between 0735hrs and 1315hrs. Have Arriva completely lost the plot or what?
Scott.
Refer to
http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/alerts2.asp?articleid=1361&subcatid=2&subcatname=Buses, restricted access to Lytham RoadArriva SKELMERSDALE DEPOT
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week working the Wigan services 3110, 6526, 7612/13/4/36/8/9/40/3/5/6/9/60/2/7/9
Arriva OTHER DEPOTS
Arriva TRAINERS noted in Southport during the week were
CUMFYBUS Churchtown
CUMFYBUS FLEET Updated 11/11/07 Additional sightings underlined
OPTARE SOLO
YS02UCB, YS02UCC, YS02UCD, MX53FDF, MX53FDU, MX53FDY, VU52UEM, MX04VLU, MX05OTA, MX05OSY, MX55WDD, MX55WDE, MX55WDF, MX55WDG, EH06UNY, MX06ABN, MX06YXV, MX06YYA, MX57CDO, MX57CDU,
OPTARE ALERO
YR02YRU, YR02YRV, YU02GPV, YU02GPX, YU02GPY, VU02TTY, YS02UCE, YR02YTB YU02GRK, YU02GRX, YP52BPE, YP52BPV, YN03UYA, YN03UYB, YN03UYC, YN03UYD, YN03UYE, YN03UYF, YN04XZM,
DENNIS DART
K580MGT, J379GKH w,
DAF SB220 / EAST LANCS. (Were V2/V3/V16/V4/V6/V1/V4/17/V15GMT)
C 12MFY, C 13MFY, C 16MFY, V116LHG, C 18MFY, C19MFY, V116LHG, V117LHG, V735HEO+,
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN
H551GKX, H553GKX,
FIAT DUCATO
W227PHY, W228PHY, W229PHY, Y817LBV,
RENAULT TRAFFIC
L123DDV,
RENAULT MASTER
MX55YRC, MX06FMO, MX06FNE,
VOLVO B6
L238CCW w,
VOLVO B10M COACH
N 40SLK,
IVECO
N447NAE w,
ITALICS = listed as disposed of
The following vehicles have been noted this week YS02UCE, YP52BPV, MX55WDF, MX57CDU/CDO, C 12/13/16MFY, V116/7LHG
SOLO route 15 has been worked by MX55WDF & MX57CDO/CDU and route 40 by MX57CDO, this week
ALERO YS02UCE & YP52BPV have been noted in the town during the week
DAF SB220/EAST LANCS. Route 40 has been worked by C 12/16MFY, V116/117LHG during the week
OLYMPIAN
DART/B6
RENAULT’s
FIAT’S
IVECO’s
VOLVO COACH
GENERAL
Stagecoach NORTH WEST/RIBBLE
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 16327/8/9/32/4/5/645, 19031/2/4/7/9/40/41/4, 33163, 52413/4
Stagecoach MERSEYSIDE (nee GLENVALE)
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 34800/19
CLICK SERVICES Skelmersdale worked services 265/285 with M107BLE, P299MLD, R688/95MEW during the week
PRESTON BUS noted during the week working route 2 were 108, 212/8/28
HAYTON Burnage worked the National Express 314 service to Cambridge during the week with MX56HZA
J & S (J.S.T.) Darwen Worked route 347 this week with P217JKL, JST160N* this also has purple bumpers (as HEZ5085), N186EMJ, S251UAO
CHARLTON MINIBUS Ormskirk MV55ZKG has been noted in the town during the week
HOLMESWOOD Holmeswood Noted this week were, PN57CVA* working on the Kingswood contract and PO56PCX on a private hire (08C1 0227 (1))
LINK-LINE / HOME JAMES Banks Noted in Southport during the week was H322LJN,
CHERRY (AINTREE COACHLINES) Maghull worked the Crosby Schools contracts with R 55/W 5 ACL, N419JBV, and N403ARA this week
REILLY (MAGHULL COACHES) Bootle worked the St. Mary’s collage contract with C718NCD, C633LJR, with V413KMY noted in Formby this week
FORMBY COACHWAYS (FRESHFIELD) Formby noted in Southport during the week was J 10KWB
FUSCO (FUSCO’S) Southport noted during the week was PX03EKD, MV55CUW
R & D (FORMBY COACHES) Formby noted during the week was L 88DOM
Other vehicles noted in Southport this week were
BELLE VUE Gorton FC03MNE seen on Thursday
,GARSIDE (WHITE BEAR) Adlington L902CCK*, REDLINE (REDLINE) Penwortham 9553 PX (08C1 0301 (2)) & YIL9116* both Volvo Citybus with East Lancs. bodies (not the Alexander ’R’ type styled one) DONNELLY (TIMELINE /COACHMASTER /MAYPOLE) Melling H130MRWA TOTAL OF VEHICLES 361 WERE NOTED, WITH 142 SEEN AND 4 SPOTS
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(Report version 28 (web), Dec 2007)
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