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ARCHIVE WEEK COMMENCING 21 St. APRIL
WEEK COMMENCING 21 St. APRIL
HOLIDAY WEEK
SOUTHPORT PIER TRAM has been noted 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
(* = CCTV FITTED at Friday)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 Note, 6611/5/6/7 branded route 48A
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, 2804/17, 6520/35/44/6/617/22 (3980) (57)
<PALIGN=JUSTIFY>Ld AN68 Open Top has not been noted this weekVolvo OLYMPIAN all have been noted during the week working on routes 43/6, 49/49A & & L. C. C. Schools, 3362 was noted working route 301 (08D17 0422 (9)) on Tuesday, 3363 was noted fitted with CCTV on Thursday
Volvo B10B All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 6520/35/44/6/617/22, working routes 48A, and 300, with routes 43/6 seeing 6516/21/8/48/59, and routes 49/49A seeing 6507/28/38, CCTV fitted noted this week 6516/21/27/8/37/45/58, 6611/5/6
DART SLF/PLAXTON (FORMALLY GAS POWERED) all have been noted out during the week with the exception of, working routes PR3, 49/49A, 43/6 and 42/4,
DAF SB220 all have been noted working Park & Ride services PR1, PR2 & 47 during the week,
Volvo B10SLF All have been noted out during the week working routes 42/4, 43/6 47/47B and 49/49A, with route 48A seeing 2723 (08E17 0424 (5)),
Volvo B6BLE All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 2804/17, 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, 7654 was noted working route 44D on Sunday (08E17 0427 (1))
GENERAL NOTES/SERVICE
47/48/48A Riverside - Southport - Liverpool (MerseyTravel leaflet)
From 25 May 2008 Arriva Merseyside will revise this service and extend
the route to Liverpool. There will be minor timetable amendments and
combined with Service 48/48A between Southport and Liverpool
300 Southport - Haskayne - Liverpool (MerseyTravel leaflet)
From 25 May 2008 Arriva Merseyside will amend the departure point in
Liverpool City Centre from Queens Square to Sir Thomas Street.
Arriva SKELMERSDALE DEPOT
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week working the Wigan services 7612/3/33/4/9/41/6/9/50/9/60/1/9/74/5
Arriva OTHER DEPOTS
Arriva TRAINERS noted in Southport during the week were 8204 seen on Thursday
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 H551GKX, MX53FDF, MX05OTA, MX55WDF, MX06FNE, MX57CDU, C12/13/16/18/19MFY, V116LHG, V735HEO
SOLO route 15 has been worked by MX53FDF, MX57CDU, and route EL1 by MX05OTA this week, OTA was noted working Schools route 746/705 on Wednesday
ALERO
DAF SB220/EAST LANCS. Route 40 has been worked by C12/16MFY, V735HEO during the week, Schools seeing C12/13/16/18/19MFY, V116LHG, V735HEO
OLYMPIAN H551GKX was noted working route 713A on Tuesday morning (08D17 0422 (2))
DART/B6
RENAULT’s MX06FNEhas 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 16327/9/32/4/5/9/92/447/642/5, 19032/3/34/6/7, 33163/72, 16645 was noted working route 2 on Monday morning (08D17 0421 (2))
CLICK SERVICES Skelmersdale worked services 265/285 with M504/5ALP, R688MEW (08D17 0422 (10)), R695MEW during the week
PRESTON BUS noted during the week working route 2 were 212/8 (08E17 0424 (3))/28
SELWYN Runcorn worked the National Express 550 service to London with YJ03PPY & YJ03PPZ (08D17 0421 (3)) during the week
J & S (J.S.T.) Darwen Worked route 347 this week with N186EMJ P353NKH (08E17 0424 (1)), P217JKL
CHARLTON MINIBUS Ormskirk noted in Southport during the week was PSU_527*
HOLMESWOOD Holmeswood Noted this week were, PO55NXG working on the Kingswood contract
LINK-LINE / HOME JAMES Banks Noted in Southport during the week were, H322LJN
CHERRY (AINTREE COACHLINES) Maghull worked the Crosby Schools contracts with W 5 ACL, N415/9/21JBV, K100ACL (08D17 0421 (1)) S129RLE this week
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
FUSCO (FUSCO’S) Southport noted during the week was MV55CUW
SOUTHWORTH (COASTAL TRAVEL) Southport W319SBC has been noted this week
Other vehicles noted in Southport this week were
BAMBER (ANTHONY’S) Runcorn L111ANT (08E17 0424 (4)), McCARTHY & LOMAS (ROY McCARTHY) Macclesfield P471HRJ (08E17 0424 (2))
VISIT REPORT 0817/6 FOR SATURDAY 26Th. APRIL TO ECCLESTON
BLUE BUS Penwortham R801YJE, FRASER (DON FRASER) Rufford VIL3861, DSV 448*, PRIVATE/CLOWN AROUND Eccleston WYV 46T (08E17 0426 (2)), BURRELL ROAD LOCO ‘Little Dorothy’ MA8472 (08E17 0426 (3/4))
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(Report version 28 (web), Dec 2007)
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