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ARCHIVE FOR WEEK COMMENCING 24 March
FOR WEEK COMMENCING 24 March
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY,
Thanks this week go to for information,
Dave Douglas; 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, 2801, 6514/35/45/616/22 (59)
Ld AN68 Open Top has not been noted this week
Volvo OLYMPIAN all have been noted during the week working on routes 43/6, 49/49A,
Volvo B10B All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 6514/35/45/616/22, working routes 48A, and 300, with routes 43/6 seeing 6520/619, and routes 49/49A seeing 6507/36/619, 6546 was used for Driver Training on Wednesday
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, 2628 is reported off the road due to an electrical fault.
Volvo B10SLF All have been noted out during the week working routes 42/4, 43/6 47/47B and 49/49A, route PR1 saw 2728 and PR3 saw 2724 on Saturday
Volvo B6BLE All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 2801, working routes 42/4, 43/6 and 49/49A,
DART SLF/MARSHALL all have been noted out during the week working routes 43/6 47/47B and 49/49A,
GENERAL NOTES/SERVICE it is reported that four new buses are due at the beginning of May, these will replace the Park & Ride commanders which will be transferred out
Arriva SKELMERSDALE DEPOT
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week working the Wigan services 3101/10, 6594/6, 7613/4/35/7/43/63
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
Noted in the yard at Canning Road on Monday were H551GKX, C13/16/8/9MFY, V116/7LHG, V735HEO, EH06UNY, MX55WDF, MX57CDO/CDU, and SN56AYB.
SOLO route 15 has been worked by MX55WDF, MX57CDU, and route 40 by MX57CDO, this week EH06UNY has been noted passing through on route EL1
ALERO VU02TTY, YS02UCE & Y52BPV have been noted in the town during the week
DAF SB220/EAST LANCS. none have been noted out this week
DENNIS ALEXANDER ENVIRO 200 DEMO has been noted working route 40 this week (Tue/Wed/Thu/Sat)
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 16329/32/4/5/97/447/645, 19031/4/5/6/7/9/44/5, 52414. 19039 was noted on X2 on Thursday
and was reported working the same route on Friday, it has also been de-branded (Dave Douglas)Stagecoach MERSEYSIDE (nee GLENVALE)
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 34819
CLICK SERVICES Skelmersdale worked services 265/285 with R688/95MEW during the week
PRESTON BUS noted during the week working route 2 were 104 (08D13 0329 (2)), 218/28
HAYTON Burnage worked the National Express 314 service to Cambridge during the week with MX56HYZ
J & S (J.S.T.) Darwen Worked route 347 this week with N186EMJ, S251UAO
FYREFIELD (EAST LANCASHIRE COASTAL EXPRESS) Oswaldtwistle Worked route X27 with DHZ5615*
HOLMESWOOD Holmeswood Noted this week was PO55NXG (08D13 0329 (1))
FUSCO (FUSCO’S) Southport noted during the week was MV55CUW
LOWE (T.V. TOURS) Southport SJ51FHV was noted during the week
Other vehicles noted in Southport this week were
ALFA Leyland 45*, ASHTON (BANK VIEW) Penwortham G519OGP, CURTSEY Chadderton YN56WWA,
A TOTAL OF VEHICLES WERE NOTED, WITH SEEN AND SPOTS
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(Report version 28 (web), Dec 2007)
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