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ARCHIVE WEEK COMMENCING 3 Rd MARCH
WEEK COMMENCING 3 Rd MARCH
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Southport (Sefton) |
WEEK COMM. 9 Th. MARCH | |
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Crossens – Southport |
Departures from Crossens at 1740 and from Southport at 1811 are withdrawn. All other times are unchanged. (14 March) SP458 |
THIS WEEK
Arriva 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, 6615 (64)
Ld AN68 Open Top was Street heading south at 11.40 on Wednesday (08C2 0305 (4))
Volvo OLYMPIAN all have been noted during the week working on routes 43/6, 47B, 49/49A & & L. C. C. Schools, with route 300 seeing 3365 on Friday (photo), & 3364 on Saturday
Volvo B10B All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 6615, working routes 48A, and 300, with routes 42/4 seeing 6514 (08C10 0305 (2)), routes 43/6 seeing 6507/20/1/8/44/622, Route 47 seeing 6517, and routes 49/49A seeing 6516/7/28/36/8/46/58/9/619,
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 noted working on route 43/6 on Monday (08C2 0303 (2)), and route 47 for the remainder of the week, and PR2 on Saturday
Volvo B10SLF All have been noted out during the week working routes 42/4, 43/6 47/47B and 49/49A,
Volvo B6BLE All have been noted out during the week working routes 42/4, 43/6 and 49/49A, with route 48A seeing 2801,
DART SLF/MARSHALL all have been noted out during the week working routes 43/6 47/47B and 49/49A, with route 48 seeing 7653 (08C2 0305 (1)),
GENERAL NOTES/SERVICE at about 11.30 on Saturday a depot engineer turned up at Lord Street / Eastbank St. with 2801, fixed the windscreen wipers on 6517 (on route 48A) 2801 departed on route 48A, 6517 departed as ‘47 BANKS’ and the engineer took 7651 (47) backto the depot!, at 14.55 a fitter arrived at Houghton Street with 6538 (was seen earlier on route 43/6) and replaced 3364 on route 300.
Arriva SKELMERSDALE DEPOT
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week working the Wigan services 1238 (08C2 0303 (5)), 3101, 6526, 6594 (08C2 0305 (3)), 6598, 7613/33/4/5/9/40/1/3/4/6/9/50/61/74
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 YR02YTB, YS02UCE, YP52BPE/BPV, MX55WDF, MX06FNE, MX57CDO/CDU, C12/13/16/18MFY, V116/7LHG, and V735HEO
SOLO route 15 has been worked by MX55WDF, MX57CDO/CDU,
ALERO YR02YTB, YS02UCE, YP52BPE/BPV have been noted in the town during the week
DAF SB220/EAST LANCS. Route 40 has been worked by C12/16/18MFY & V117LHG during the week
OLYMPIAN
DART/B6
RENAULT’s MX06FNE has been noted in the town during the week
FIAT’S
IVECO’s
VOLVO COACH
GENERAL
Stagecoach NORTH WEST/RIBBLE
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 16328/9/32/4/5/91/7/447*(08C2 0303 (3))/642/5, 19032/33/4/5/6/7, 19038/9/40/1/43/44, 52413/4, Note 16447 has X2 branding and a Northern Counties body
Stagecoach MERSEYSIDE (nee GLENVALE) The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 34800/20
CLICK SERVICES Skelmersdale worked services 265/285 with M505ALP, M108BLE, P299MLD, R684/8/95MEW during the week
PRESTON BUS noted during the week working route 2 were 212/8/28
SELWYN Runcorn worked the National Express 550 service to London with YJ53VDO during the week
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 JST160N, S251UAO
FYREFIELD (EAST LANCASHIRE COASTAL EXPRESS) Oswaldtwistle Worked route X27 with L800RAG* a Toyota/Ceatano Optimo
HOLMESWOOD Holmeswood Noted this week were, PN06KMA working on the Kingswood contract and Y706NVW* (08C2 0305 (5)), PN07EHK, PN08CMV* (08C2 0306 (1))
LINK-LINE / HOME JAMES Banks Noted in Southport during the week were, S252UAK
CHERRY (AINTREE COACHLINES) Maghull worked the Crosby Schools contracts with P 5/R 55ACL, N415JBV, N403ARA this week
REILLY (MAGHULL COACHES) Bootle worked the St. Mary’s collage contract with C663LJR, V412KMY (08C2 0303 (1)) this week
FORMBY COACHWAYS (FRESHFIELD) Formby noted in Southport during the week was J 10KWB
FUSCO (FUSCO’S) Southport noted during the week was PX03EKB, MV55CUW
R & D (FORMBY COACHES) Formby noted during the week was M 88JEJ
Other vehicles noted in Southport this week were
FRASER EAGLE Accrington YJ05XXK, HOLDSWORTH (ROBINSONS) Gt. Harwood GK04LUZ*, HAYBORNE (M. D. TRAVEL) Southport FN52GVC, NAPIER POINT Liverpool R341RRA,
A TOTAL OF VEHICLES WERE NOTED, WITH SEEN AND SPOTS
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(Report version 28 (web), Dec 2007)
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