Information posted on July 28th 2017 at 10:20
✤Stagecoach Bluebird
The planned sale of Optare Solo 47214 did not take place and its remains here awaiting disposal. Vehicles that have been sold are Volvo B7Rs 53223/33/40/43/44/45. Vehicles back in service are Enviro 200s 36048/49 at Elgin, Volvo B11 54256 at Peterhead and Volvo B7R 53321 at Macduff. Volvo B11 54252 is now out of service for modifications. MAN/Enviro 300 22779 is now in the Reserve Fleet at Stonehaven and Volvo B7R 53274 has transferred from the operational fleet at Insch to the Reserve Fleet at Aberdeen.
The two Wrightbus Commuter-bodied Volvo B7Rs 21201/02 are being prepared for cascade within Stagecoach UK Bus and we understand that this could be to Stagecoach East Midlands.
 
✤Stagecoach Highlands
Volvo B7R 53311 and Optare Solo 47254 have been scrapped here. Trident 18000 is out of service at Inverness for repairs and has been replaced by Enviro 400 19176. Volvo B7R 53264 has transferred from the Reserve Fleet to Thurso.
 
✤Stagecoach East Scotland
Volvo B7TLs 16933/36 are withdrawn from Blairgowrie and are now for disposal whilst transferred from Glenrothes to the Reserve Fleet are Volvo B9TLs 16950/54/56/59. Also now for disposal here is Trident 17293 (from the Rennies fleet) along with Dart SLFs 34587, 34604/94 and 34736.
Tridents 18015 (from Perth) and 18016 (following seat belt fitment) are now at Blairgowrie. Glenrothes now has Enviro 400s 19310/11/13/14 and 19894/98 on its allocation with 19547/48 now at Arbroath.
East Lancs-bodied MANs 22502/05 are further vehicles of the type to be transferred to the training school.
Out of service at Perth are MAN/Enviro 300s 22569/77 whilst Optare Versas 25254/55 are now allocated to Dunfermline. Scania 24008 has been sold to John Kearns. Now allocated to Enviro 300s 27606/07/08/10/11 whilst Scania/Enviro 300 285678 has returned to service at St Andrews. Enviro 200 36194 has transferred from Dunfermline to St Andrews.
Former Van Hool Sleepers 50307/08 are now allocated to the Rennies fleet at Cowdenbeath.
Optare Solo SRs 47873 and 47959 are now in service at St Andrews where they have displaced 47367/92 to the Reserve Fleet. Solo 47212 has transferred from Arbroath to Blairgowrie. 47183 from Glenrothes is now for disposal being replaced by 47167 from the Reserve Fleet whilst 47178 from St Andrews is also now in the Reserve Fleet.
 
✤Stagecoach West Scotland
Reported by Stagecoach East Scotland as transferred here on loan are Enviro 300s 27128/40 and 27552.

Information posted on July 28th 2017 at 11:00
✤Stagecoach East
Following the entry into service of the four Enviro 400MMCs, 15291-94, at Fenstanton, Scania/Enviro 400s 15456/57/58/59 have been transferred from Fenstanton, where they had been on loan, to the Reserve Fleet at Cambridge. Also in the Reserve Fleet at Cambridge is Optare Solo 47659.

Information posted on July 28th 2017 at 16:00
✤Stagecoach Midlands
Gold-spec Scania/Enviro 400 15748 has returned to service at Kettering, ousting Trident 18128 to the Reserve Fleet. At Northampton Tridents 18102/27/49 are now in the Reserve Fleet with Enviro 400s 19091 and 19129 transferring over from Rugby. Also now at Northampton are Optare Solos 47518 from the Reserve Fleet and 47654 from Nuneaton. Nuneaton has received MAN/Enviro 200 39698 as a replacement. Dart 34499, which had been delicenced, is now for disposal. Volvo Olympian 16685 has been donated to Bushbury Lane Academy and Optare Solo 47409 has been returned to Northampton County Council. Optare Solo 47406 is earmarked for Stagecoach West but it is believed that it will be for component recovery only.

Information posted on July 27th 2017 at 11:20
✤Stagecoach North East
Scania N280UD GAS/Enviro 400MMC Demonstrator (DD16 GAS) arrived at Sunderland depot on Monday 24th July 2017. Once driver familiarisation has been completed, it is to be allocated to Service X24. It is understood that it will be staying here until the end of August 2017 and has been given temporary fleet number 80036.
Of the MAN/ALX300s returned off loan from Stagecoach West Scotland, 22013/45/49 are now for disposal at Stockton and 22047 for disposal at Slatyford. MAN/ALX300 22073 has transferred from Slatyford to Sunderland and is now in the training fleet whilst 22673 has been sold to Alpha Recovery.
Dart SLF 35163 and Enviro 200s are now in service at Hartlepool with Dart SLF 35156 moving from Hartlepool to the Reserve Fleet. MAN/Enviro 300 22580 is now in service at Slatyford and Enviro 400 19205 has transferred from Walkergate to South Shields.

✤East Yorkshire Motor Services
The company has reported that the first four new Volvo B5TL/MCV EvoSeti vehicles have now been delivered.
Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President 592 has had its commemorative ‘Poppy’ livery updated. The bus now marks 100 years since Passchendaele, also known as the second Battle of Ypres, which took place between July and November 1917. EYMS chief executive Peter Shipp said “The bus was so well received when it first appeared to mark 100 years since the beginning of the First World War that each year since then we have redesigned it to mark another poignant anniversary - firstly VE Day in 1945 and last year the Battle of the Somme which took place in 1916.
“Having thought hard about what would be most appropriate for this year we chose Passchendaele which was another long battle in WW1 when again many lives were lost.
“I hope it will have some significance for the many who lost friends and relatives in that battle including those from the Hull and East Riding area.”
 As before, the new livery was designed by the company’s in-house design studio and the new vinyls were applied in the EYMS main workshops at Anlaby Road in Hull. It took to the streets of Hull in its new incarnation last week and will work out of the Hull depot on local routes for the time being.

Information posted on July 26th 2017 at 10:50
✤Stagecoach South
Dart SLF 34415, which had been allocated for Staff Shuttle at Guildford is now allocated to Aldershot where it has replaced Optare Solo 47647 which is now for disposal. Dart SLFs 34446/53 and 34520, which had been delicenced, are now awaiting disposal. 34524, which had been in the Reserve Fleet at Chichester has moved to Portsmouth as a float vehicle for the repaint programme. Reserve Fleet 34417 is now at Andover and 34418 is now at Winchester. Dart SLF 34518 is now allocated to Guildford for use as a drivers’ rest room. Volvo B10M 52658 from the Rail Replacement Unit is now being converted for driver training use.

Information posted on July 25th 2017 at 13:30
✤Stagecoach Yorkshire
All seven MAN/MCV saloons here (39611-17) have been sold with 39611/13/15/17 going to Nu Venture and 39612/14/16 to McCalls Coaches. Withdrawn Optare Solo 47299 has been sold to Ensign Bus.
Enviro 400H 12168 is back in service at Holbrook whilst Scania/East Lancs 15413 and MAN/Enviro 300 22555 have returned to service at Chesterfield, Now for disposal here is Dart SLF 35235. National Express coach 53714 is delicenced. MAN/ALX300s 22421/31/39 are now in the Reserve Fleet whilst 22438 has transferred from the Reserve Fleet at Chesterfield to the main fleet at Ecclesfield. Moving from Holbrook to Barnsley are Enviro 400s 19563/64.
 
✤Stagecoach West Scotland
Now part of this fleet is Volvo B13R 54101 transferred from the Stagecoach Midlands Megabus fleet at Rugby. Tri-axle Leyland Olympian 13628 is now for disposal. Volvo B7R 53301 is now part of the main fleet at Dumfries whilst Optare Solo 47459 has transferred from Stranraer to Kilmarnock.
 
✤Stagecoach East Midlands
The company reports that recent repaints are Tridents 17712, 18053; Enviro 400 19692; MAN/ALX300 22382; Dart SLFs 34461/64 and Scania/Enviro 300 28619. 28619 also retains its route 19 branding.
 
✤Stagecoach North East
The transfer of Dart SLF 35195 to Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire will now not take place.
 
✤Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
We hear that Tridents 18354 and 18355 at Preston are due to transfer to Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire.

Information posted on July 24th 2017 at 10:30
✤Stagecoach South East
The recently acquired part open top Trident 17221 from Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire has lost its Lakeland green colour scheme and has already been painted into Stagecoach corporate livery. The repaint being undertaken at Ashford.
 
✤Stagecoach West Scotland
News reaches us that Heritage Fleet open top Titan 11083 has lost its smart white and black Western Buses livery. It has recently been through the paint shop and now carries corporate Stagecoach livery.
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✤Stagecoach East Midlands
Worksop’s Dart SLF 35136 has been completely re-trimmed internally and repainted.
 
✤East Yorkshire Motor Services
The company has advised that Dart SLF 485 is to be scrapped, whilst the latest vehicle through the paint shop is former Hybrid ADL Enviro 400 909.
 
✤Stagecoach Cumbria & South Lancashire
Open Top Trident 17277 is transferred from Kendal to the Reserve Fleet at West Cumbria, whilst 17013 is also temporarily at West Cumbria pending cascade out of the fleet.
 
✤Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Dart SLFs 34468/69 are back on the main allocation at Banbury following the start of operation services 6 and 7 between Banbury and Stratford which started today. These services were previously operated by Johnsons of Henley-in-Arden. We also understand that 34471 is also due to re-enter service at Banbury.
 
✤Stagecoach Manchester
Sold to Ensign Bus is Volvo B10M training bus 20605, whilst it is confirmed that Trident 17561 has passed to Stagecoach Highlands, believed to be for component recovery.
 
✤Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
A number of vehicles have been reported by the company as sold and include Scania L94UBs 28550/51/53, Dart SLF 34798 and Bluebird 29882/83/85/86/90. Now in the Reserve Fleet at Gillmoss are Enviro 200s 36803-05 and Dart SLFs 34743 and 34808. Optare Solos 47559 and 47620/22/24 are transferred from the Reserve Fleet to Chester whilst 47082, which had been awaiting disposal, is reported as now being allocated to Gillmoss. We are also able to now confirm that Scania L94UB 28513, along with 28514, are in the Reserve Fleet here.

Information posted on July 24th 2017 at 11:45
✤Stagecoach South Wales
Scania/Enviro 300 28734 is now back in service at Merthyr following repaint in TrawsCambria livery, displacing 25102 to the Reserve Fleet for use on weekend duplicates on the route. Also at Merthyr for weekend duplicates is 25101 which had been delicenced for disposal here.
Dart SLF 34623 is transferred from the operational fleet at Merthyr to the Reserve Fleet, being replaced with 35200. Likewise 35209 has replaced 34490, which is expected to be re-allocated to Blackwood. Reserve Fleet Optare Solo  47757 is now allocated to Porth. Dart SLF 34769 has been sold to Abba Scrap.

Information posted on July 24th 2017 at 14:30
✤Stagecoach South East
The final two MAN/ALX300s in regular service here, 22054 and 22948 at Thanet have transferred to the Reserve Fleet being replaced by Dart SLFs 34440 and 34482. Enviro 200 36504 is back in service at Hastings having displaced Dart SLF 34799 to the Reserve Fleet. Open Top Tridents 17221 and 17528/29 are now on the main allocation at Thanet whilst Scania K340 coach 59303 is now for disposal.

Information posted on July 24th 2017 at 14:40
✤Stagecoach Highlands
An arrival here is open top Trident 17014 from Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire.

Information posted on July 21st 2017 at 10:45

✤Stagecoach East Midlands
A further Enviro 400 returned to Lincoln after single door conversion at Bus & Coach World is 19304, which is being prepared to enter service.
 
✤Stagecoach North East
A further two Dart SLFs to transfer to Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire are 35157/58.

Information posted on July 21st 2017 at 13:00

✤Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
There will be a unique opportunity to photograph and travel on one of the new Volvo B5TL/WrightBus Gemini Lake Sider open top vehicles away from their normal operating area next week. The operation is to promote the Lake Sider services.
The company has confirmed that one of the vehicles will be operating out in Manchester on Monday July 24th 2017, Liverpool on Tuesday July 25th 2017 and Preston on Wednesday July 26th 2017.
On the Monday in Manchester it will see use in service on the 192, 203, 250 and X50 routes whilst on the Tuesday in Liverpool it will be used on services 82 & 86. In Preston on the Wednesday it will be used on service 2.
The company says that this will be a unique one off opportunity to travel on and photograph one of these new vehicles in service outside of Cumbria.

Information posted on July 19th 2017 at 09:00

✤Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire Lake Sider branded Wright Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5TL 13801 was pictured at Braithwaite Fold on July 18th whilst undergoing next stop audio announcement testing.
Seven Volvo B5TLs to part open top configuration, numbered 13801 – 13807, have been purchased to replace the fleet of former London-based Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Tridents that have been used on service 599 since 2009 from Kendal depot. The seven part-open top buses enter service during July and carry a new ‘Lake Sider’ livery from Best Impressions which replaces the current 599 ‘Lakes Connection’ livery. In a first for a Stagecoach regional fleet they have white LED destination screens with a full length destination screen, rather than just the route number, at the rear. They also feature next stop announcements and free Wifi.
Stagecoach’s order marks a change in the policy of using older donor vehicles for its open top fleet. It is also a departure from its normal buying policy that tends to concentrate on ADL products.
The displaced Dennis Tridents are due to move to other regional Stagecoach fleets in Scotland and the South East, with 17221 already with Stagecoach South East at Thanet.
 
✤Stagecoach Midlands
The Stagecoach Gold X67/X47-branded Scania/Enviro 400s at Northampton (15935-43) are having their branding amended to include reference to Rushden Lakes.
 
✤Stagecoach East Midlands
Now in service at Lincoln are Dart SLFs 34459 and 34464, whilst Optare Solos 47261/62 are being transferred from the Reserve Fleet to the main fleet. Currently delicenced for repairs are ADL Enviro 400 19122 and ADL Enviro 300s 27636 and 27787.

Information posted on July 17th 2017 at 12:30

✤Stagecoach West
The 2017 Royal International Air Tattoo took place at Fairford between 14-16th July, with Stagecoach West providing shuttle services. Several vehicles were hired from other Stagecoach companies and were
From Stagecoach Manchester (8), ADL MMC400 10415/16/47/76, 10593, 10611/29/30.
From Stagecoach South (4), Tridents 18078, 18379, 18503, 18512.
From Stagecoach Midlands [Megabus Unit] (4), Van Hool LHD 55002/06/09/10.
These operated alongside vehicles from the Stagecoach West fleet.

Information posted on July 16th 2017 at 09:00

✤Stagecoach South East
Open Top Trident 17221 was transferred here from Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire yesterday.
 
✤Stagecoach Yorkshire
Buses magazine reports that Enviro 400 Hybrid 12168 is the latest here to receive corporate livery.
 
✤Stagecoach South West
Scania/Enviro 400 15893 is now in corporate livery.
 
✤Stagecoach Midlands
This company is again co-ordinating park and ride operations and regular services from Northampton to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Large numbers of Stagecoach London vehicles are again been in use this year.

Information posted on July 15th 2017 at 11:35
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✤Stagecoach Midlands
Optare Solo 47518 is no longer a reserve vehicle for the Stagecoach Gold G1 operation at Leamington. It is losing its Gold livery for corporate colours and will then re-enter service at Northampton.
 
✤Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Now sold for scrap are Volvo Olympians 16118 and 16660 along with Trident 17246. Look out for the new Volvo B5TL/Wrightbus open top vehicles entering service next week on the 599 service.