Information posted on May 31st 2018 at 12:00
✤Stagecoach South West
Further Scania/Enviro 400s expected here from Stagecoach South are 15604/05, 15804-06 and 15982/83/84/85.
Volvo B12B 54068 has now been repainted into Falcon livery.
 






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✤Stagecoach West Scotland
Now delicenced here are MAN/Enviro 300 22594 from Ayr and Van Hool Sleeper coaches 50302 and 50305 from Cumbernauld with Reserve Fleet 50303 now back in service at Cumbernauld and MAN/Enviro 22585 back in service at Ayr.
Vehicles sold are Van Hool Astromega 50220 and Volvo B12B 54042.
 
✤Stagecoach East Midlands
Dart SLF 34473 is being painted into training livery whilst Gainsborough-allocated Trident 18040 and Enviro 27789 have recently been repainted into corporate livery and currently no longer carry Bassetlaw Belles branding. Also repainted into corporate livery is former Pronto-liveried MAN//Enviro 300 22777.
 
✤Stagecoach Yorkshire
The allocation of Wright Streetlites 39102/03/04/05/07/09/10/15/16/17/18 To Ecclesfield has seen Dart SLF 34722 along with MAN/ALX300s 22424/25/26/28/34/38/43/45/46/47/49 transferred to the Reserve Fleet. Volvo B7TL 16938 has been stood down from service at Barnsley and is now for disposal being replaced by Enviro 400 19512, which had been on loan from Chesterfield to the Reserve Fleet at Holbrook.
 
✤Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Recently received from Stagecoach South, Scania/Enviro 400 15586 will retain its Cancer Research UK livery here whilst the other vehicles are expected to enter service following removal of the Coastliner 700 branding.

Information posted on May 31st 2018 at 17:55
✤Stagecoach North Scotland
The conversion of Volvo B7TLs 53201/04 to training buses has been cancelled and 53214 and 53215 are now earmarked for conversion with 53201/04 now in the Seasonal Reserve Fleet.
Transferred from Inverness to Aberdeen are Enviro 300s 27797/98/99 with similar 27533 transferred to Elgin and 27534 to Peterhead. Trident 18000 is transferred from Inverness to the Seasonal Reserve Fleet whilst Scania/Enviro 300s 28649/50 have transferred from Inverness to Tain. 
Open Top Trident 17515 and Trident 18069 are now allocated to Orkney, whilst Tridents 18110 and 18446 are transferred from Aberdeen to Stonehaven.
Transferred from Aberdeen to Insch are Volvo B9TLs 16945/46 and Enviro 400s 19376/78. Also at Inch, from Elgin, is Volvo B7R 53334. Transferred from Macduff to Elgin are Enviro 300 27101 and Volvo B9R 53642 with Enviro 300 27801 transferred from Elgin to Aberdeen.
Vehicles back in service after repairs are Enviro 300 27804 at Peterhead and Enviro 200 36066 at Insch. Optare Solo 47568 has transferred from Insch to the Reserve Fleet at Macduff whilst at Peterhead 47167 and 47391 are now in the Reserve Fleet.
Vehicles now for disposal are MAN/Enviro 300s 22784/87, Dart SLFs 34726/96 and Volvo B7Rs 53220/62/67.
 
✤Stagecoach East Midlands
We understand that Dart SLF 34475 is now in training livery.
 
✤East Yorkshire Motor Services
Volvo B7TL 596 has been sold.

Information posted on May 30th 2018 at 08:30
✤Stagecoach East
Former King’s Lynn-allocated slimline Optare Solo SRs 48021/22 have been transferred to Stagecoach West Scotland.
 
✤Stagecoach Manchester
Transferred to Stagecoach West Scotland are Optare Solo SRs 47822/23.
 
✤Stagecoach South
The first batch of Scania/Enviro 400s displaced from the Coastliner service by new ADL Enviro 400MMCs have been despatched to Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire. Reported as already having been transferred are 15589/90/92/93/98/99.
 
✤Stagecoach Midlands
Corby depot closed as an operational depot on Saturday 26thMay 2018 and from the following day became an outstation of Kettering. Based at the Corby outstation will be the five Scania/East Lancs double decks (15401-05) and four Dart SLFs. The Darts will be exchanged as required with vehicles from the main Kettering allocation.

Information posted on May 30th 2018 at 11:25
✤Stagecoach South West
Scania/Enviro 400s 15600/01 have arrived at Plymouth depot having been transferred from Stagecoach South. After preparation work they are due to be allocated to Exeter.

Information posted on May 30th 2018 at 13:25
✤Stagecoach South
The company is showing Trident 18191, previously listed for disposal, as being allocated to the operational fleet at Basingstoke. Reserve Fleet Trident 18386 has moved from Aldershot to Winchester-based Reserve Fleet Dart SLF 34608 is now reported as in the main fleet at Portsmouth.
25 of the Scanias from Worthing were used for the BMW PGA Championship Park & Ride services at Wentworth 22-27 May, these were 15589/90/91/92/93/94/95/96, 15600/01/03/04/05, 15806, 15982/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92.
Further Scania/Enviro 400s despatched to Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire are 15585/86/88/91/94/95/96.Additionally, 15602 and 15603 departed today for transfer to Stagecoach South West.
Currently in store here are Scania/Enviro 400s 15604/05 and 15806 and 15984/85/86, whilst 15987-92 are now allocated to Portsmouth and 15982/83 have been in temporary use at Guildford.

Information posted on May 29th 2018 at 12:05
✤Stagecoach Oxfordshire
The company reports that Enviro 400MMC 10905 has returned to Stagecoach West whilst Banbury-allocated Dart SLF 34469 is now shown as out of service and for disposal.
 
✤Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Trident 18385 has transferred from Birkenhead to Gillmoss, whilst back on the books at Gillmoss are Dart SLFs 34743 and 34803 (from the Reserve Fleet). MAN/Enviro 300 24157 has transferred from Preston to Gillmoss in exchange for Enviro 300 27901. Similar 27904 has transferred from Gillmoss to Chester.
 
✤Stagecoach South Wales
Scania/Enviro 300 28637 has returned to the operational fleet at Aberdare, with Dart SLF 34676 now in the Reserve Fleet. Also at Aberdare is Optare Solo 47283 from Cwmbran, displacing 47757 to the Reserve Fleet.
Previously unreported is the transfer to Blackwood, from Caerphilly, of Enviro 200s 36402/03/04. Also at Blackwood, from Cwmbran, are Enviro 300s 27693 and 27697, whilst Volvo B10M school coaches 52631/33 at Blackwood are now in the Reserve Fleet there.
Following the allocation of 8.9m Enviro 200MMC 37467 to Porth, Optare Solo 47757 is now in the reserve fleet whilst 47202 has moved from Porth to Blackwood where it is temporarily being used as a staff shuttle. Aberdare-allocated Dart SLF 34746 is now in use as a Paint Float vehicle and is currently at Blackwood.
Dart SLFs 34529 and 34749, which had been for disposal here, have been scrapped.

✤Stagecoach Megabus/Joint Venture Operations
Megabus Volvo B11R 54278 has transferred to the fleet at Cwmbran (Stagecoach South Wales) following the closure of the Megabus base at Plymouth (Stagecoach South West).

Information posted on May 29th 2018 at 15:05
✤Stagecoach South East
Volvo B10M coach 52498 has been stood down from training duties and is now for disposal, whilst also now for disposal are Tridents 17538 and 17553.
Dart trainer 33175 is now at Eastbourne and Enviro 300 trainer 27519 is at Dover. Both Optare Versas in this fleet, 25242/43 are now at Thanet and in the Reserve Fleet. At Folkestone Dart SLF 34498 has been returned to main fleet service displacing 34794 to the Reserve Fleet.

We have received a number of queries regarding the 2018/19 new vehicle order for Stagecoach UK Bus. Currently we awaiting for Stagecoach Group to make an announcement, but we have no firm information on when that will be.
When we contacted Stagecoach Group earlier this week they confirmed that they will be “sharing more information on our 2018/19 vehicle investment later in the year”. 
Although there has been no announcement, vehicles are currently being delivered which are part of the 2018/19 order.
We will report these deliveries as we receive information and will publish in Fleet Ramblings the full order details as soon as they are announced.

Information posted on May 24th 2018 at 16:45
✤Stagecoach East
The tri-axle Leyland Olympian/Alexander RL ‘Megadekka’, 14000, is to leave this fleet. The bus has been regarded as ‘stored’ by Stagecoach East in recent years. It will now become part of the Stagecoach East Scotland ‘heritage’ fleet and arrangements are being made for it to move to Scotland in the near future. It is understood that once in Scotland it will again become an operational vehicle in the Stagecoach UK Bus heritage fleet.
New in 1989 the 110-seat bus was repainted in 2011 into its original Stagecoach stripes livery, in a project which was part sponsored by Steven Knight Media (SKM) and received the support of Stagecoach Group founder Sir Brian Souter. 
The transfer of the vehicle to Stagecoach East Scotland follows an approach to Stagecoach UK Bus by SKM to return the bus to an operational status within the Stagecoach heritage fleet.

Information posted on May 24th 2018 at 16:25
✤Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
The five Enviro 200s transferred here from Stagecoach Manchester earlier this year, 36100/01/04/05/06, have been painted into ‘Lakes’ livery. Each of the five will have a different rear end message. We are grateful to Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire for allowing us to publish the first images of one of the repainted vehicles. The livery, from Best Impressions, has been designed to ensure a 'family' brand and look with buses used on the Lakes 555 and open top 599 routes. The re-liveried Enviro 200s will all be allocated to Kendal depot and will replace Dart SLFs. A further Enviro 200 is due here and will receive Lakes livery - its will be allocated to Carlisle for use from the Penrith outstation.

Information posted on May 24th 2018 at 14:45
✤Stagecoach East Midlands
The allocation of Scania/Enviro 400s 15507/08/11 and Scania/Enviro 300s 28614/20 to Worksop has now taken place with Enviro 300s 27759/60/61 transferring from Worksop to Lincoln. Vehicles now in the Reserve Fleet at Grimsby are Volvo B7RLE 21248 and Enviro 200s 36523/24 whilst Dart SLFs 34687 and 35134 have transferred from Worksop to the Reserve Fleet at Lincoln. Also now in the Reserve Fleet at Lincoln is Dart SLF 34849. Trident 17737 is transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Mansfield with 18048 transferred from the Reserve Fleet at Worksop to the main fleet at Lincoln. Hull based 18029 is delicenced.
Hull-based MAN/Enviro 300s 24162/64 are currently out of service for fitment of Euro 6 engines.
Seasonal Reserve Fleet Volvo B7TL 16902 is now allocated to Skegness.
 
✤Stagecoach East
Open Top Volvo B5TL 13809 is now at Cambridge. The registration details for the six vehicles due, 13808-13, are BV18YBA/B/C/D/E/F.

Information posted on May 23rd 2018 at 15:25
✤Stagecoach Manchester
Enviro 400 19530 has received a special ‘Manchester Together’ wrap, retaining a corporate-liveried front.
 
✤Stagecoach East
Former Norfolk Green East Lancs-bodied Trident 18278 was moved from the former King’s Lynn depot to Peterborough at the end of last week. The reason for the move is unknown and it departed Peterborough for either Cambridge or Ely on Monday 21st May.
New Open Top Volvo B5TLs 13808/09 have been delivered here with 13808 reported at Cambridge and 13809 in store at Ely.
 
✤Stagecoach East Midlands
It looks like Hattie’s days are numbered here as the Seasider graphics have been removed from open top Volvo Olympian 16314.

Information posted on May 22nd 2018 at 16:15
✤Stagecoach Midlands
The company has confirmed that it has added five Volvo B9R/Plaxton Elite coaches to its fleet for a new rail contract linking Bedford and Wellingborough stations. 53702/03/04/05/08 have transferred from Stagecoach East Scotland at Dunfermline. East Midlands Trains branding has been applied.
The tri-axle Volvo B12Bs, 54058/59/60/74, that were originally earmarked for the contract are being retained in the Reserve Fleet here.
 
✤East Yorkshire Motor Services
Further vehicle sales are Volvo B7TL 593 to Chalkwell Garage and Coach Hire and Volvo B10BLEs 308/09/14 to MP Travel.

Information posted on May 21st 2018 at 12:30
✤Stagecoach Yorkshire
The 18 Wright Streetlites are now being delivered here. They will carry fleet numbers 39101-18 and the booked registrations are SN18XWM/O/P/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z, XXA/B/C/D/E/F.
The Optare Solo branded for the Matlock town service, 47325, has been re-registered from YN06UGY to XRC487.
Withdrawn Dart SLFs 34361/63-65, 34575/76 and 34721/23 have been sold to AH Hardwick dealer.
 
✤Stagecoach Midlands
The four Volvo B12B coaches here, 54058/59/60/74, are for Rail Link work between Bedford and Wellingborough and are allocated to Northampton.
 
✤Stagecoach South East
Open Top Trident 17221, which will operate a service in Eastbourne this year, has been re-registered from V221MEV to 405DCD.

✤Stagecoach East Scotland
Three vehicles in this fleet have received commemorative liveries for the centenary of Dunfermline depot - there are Optare Solo 47364, Enviro 300 27532 and Enviro 400 19666.