SOUTHPORT'S BUSES TODAY

FOR WEEK COMMENCING 31 St. MARCH

SOUTHPORT PIER TRAM ’No 1’ has been noted this week

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

Outof a total allocation of 65 vehicles the following have not been seen this week, 2801, 6535/622, (62)

Ld AN68 Open Top has not been noted this week

Volvo OLYMPIAN all have been noted during the week with working on routes 43/6, 49/49A & & L. C. C. Schools, 3362 was noted working on route 42/4 on Friday (08D14 0404 (2))

Volvo B10B All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 6535/622, working routes 48A, and 300, with routes 42/4 seeing 6544, routes 43/6 seeing 6527/37/8/44/6/8/58, Route 47B seeing 6619 (08D14 0401 (1)), and routes 49/49A seeing 6514/5/20/46/8/59,

DART SLF/PLAXTON (FORMALLY GAS POWERED) all have been noted out during the week working routes PR3, 49/49A, 43/6 and 42/4, 2293 operated on route PR1 on Monday morning swapping with 2624 on route 47 by lunch time, 2294 was noted working route 48A on Wednesday (08D14 0402 (1))

DAF SB220 all have been noted working Park & Ride services PR1 & PR2 during the week, with 2624 on route 47 on Monday morning swapping with 2293 on route PR1 by lunch time

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 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

The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week working the Wigan services 3106, 6519/26/98, 7612/3/14/34/40/2/43/4/5/6/8 7650/9/63/7/9

Arriva OTHER DEPOTS

Arriva TRAINERS noted in Southport during the week were

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,

The following vehicles have been noted this week YS02UCE, VU02TTY, MX53FDU, MX05OTA, MX55WDD/F, MX57CDU, C 12/16/18/19MFY, V116/7LHG, V735HEO, and SN56AYB

SOLO route 15 has been worked by MX53FDU, MX55WDD/WDF, MX57CDU, this week, with MX05OTA passing on route EL1

ALERO YS02UCE, VU02TTY have been noted in the town during the week

DAF SB220/EAST LANCS. Route 40 has been worked by C 12/18MFY, V117LHG, V735HEO during the week

DENNIS ALEXANDER ENVIRO 200 DEMO. this bus was noted working a School Bus on Monday morning with “40 HARROGATE WAY” on the blinds, on Tuesday it was noted at 10.28 heading south along Lord Street with “713 School Bus &&” on the destination, it has not worked route 40 this week

On Tuesday Scott Moore wrote

Scott.

OLYMPIAN

DART/B6

IVECO’s

VOLVO COACH

GENERAL note that route 40 vehicles work schools during the afternoon but when they return to route 40 they work the opposite duty from the one they worked originally, Legal Lettering with the address as 178 Cambridge Road has been noted on C 18 & V735

Stagecoach NORTH WEST/RIBBLE

The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 16328/9/32/5/97/447/642/4, 19031/2/3/4/5/8, 33144 (08D14 0404 (1)), 33163/72, 34473T, 47480, 47480 worked on route 2 at 16.45 from Southport on Thursday

The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 34800/19

CLICK SERVICES Skelmersdale worked services 265/285 with M504ALP, M108BLE, R688/95/7MEW 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 Y467HUP 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 N186EMJ, P217JKL, M304TSF

FYREFIELD (EAST LANCASHIRE COASTAL EXPRESS) Oswaldtwistle Worked route X27 with TJI4826

HOLMESWOOD Holmeswood Noted this week were, PO56PCX, PO55NXG working on the Kingswood contract, NXG was noted working a excursion on Saturday morning

LINK-LINE / HOME JAMES Banks Noted in Southport during the week were, S252UAK (08D14 0404 (4)), GSU 445 (08D14 0404 (3))

REILLY (MAGHULL COACHES) Bootle worked the St. Mary’s collage contract with C718NCD, C663LJR this week

FORMBY COACHWAYS (FRESHFIELD) Formby noted in Southport during the week was J 10KWB

HEYBOURNE (M. D. TRAVEL) Southport noted during the week was FN52GVC

R & D (FORMBY COACHES) Formby noted during the week was JJI 767

Other vehicles noted in Southport this week were

BULLOCK Cheadle W199TUJ* (08D14 0402 (2)), HEALING & BROWN (HEALING INTERNATIONAL) Royton G 25WNF, BRADSHAW (G-LINE) St. Annes YD02YPB, PN05ANU, AL’s COACHES (HAPPY AL’S) Birkenhead SF05KWA* (08D14 0331 (1)), FURLONG Kirkby PSV 331* (08D14 0331 (2)),

(Report version 28 (web), Dec 2007)