February 7th 2020: Fleet Ramblings (2)

Stagecoach North Scotland [Highlands]
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter transferred from the Bluebird fleet, 44022 has been allocated to Skye allowing Optare Solo SR 47814 to transfer to Orkney. Also now at Orkney are Optare Solo 47246 from Inverness and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 59617 from Thurso. Now at Tail is Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 44019 from the Reserve Fleet whilst Enviro 400 19372 has been transferred from Aviemore to Inverness in exchange for Enviro 300 27107.
Trident 18111, recently transferred back here from the Bluebird fleet, is now for disposal whilst Volvo B7Rs 53307 and 53313 have been sold.
A number of vehicles here have been scrapped in the last month and comprise Trident Open Top 17014; Tridents 18001/67/68, 18145/46 and 18346 along with Enviro 200 37075.
 
Stagecoach East Midlands
The last vehicle to emerge from the Lincoln paint shop in the ‘swoops’ livery was Enviro 200 36712. The first vehicle to emerge in the new 2020 livery will be Enviro 400 19317.
 
Stagecoach South East
Following repaints Enviro 400MMCs 15331 and 15332 have lost ‘Wave’ branding. 
It has been reported that Trident 17585 is currently on loan from Herne Bay to Thanet. Several vehicles have been reported to us as moving from the main operational fleet to the Reserve Fleet and include Scania/Enviro 400 15440 (at Dover), Enviro 400 19023 (at Folkestone for repairs), Optare Solo 47110 (at Dover) and Dart SLF 34547 (at Folkestone). We also understand that Reserve Fleet dart SLF 34791 is now on the main allocation at Ashford.