April 4th 2016

Information uploaded on April 4th 2016 at 10:35
Stagecoach East Midlands has transferred Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal-branded Scania/Enviro 400 15653 from Lincoln to Hull.
Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire has returned Wright StreetDeck demonstrator 80028 (SL15ZGP) to Wrights whilst Volvo B7RLEs 21249/51 have been sold. Reserve Fleet Tridents 17455/79 and 17502 are now allocated to Chester.
East Yorkshire Motor Services has put new MCV-bodied Volvo B8RLEs 392-95 into service at Hull. Volvo B7TLs 591, 663 and 682 have transferred from Hull to Scarborough.
News from Stagecoach South East is that Scania/Enviro 400 15443 are Dart SLF 34541 have received East Kent centenary liveries, whilst new Scania/Enviro 400MMCs 15261/75-90 are for Herne Bay with 15275-90 receiving ‘Triangle’ branding and 15262-74 are for Thanet with 15263-74 receiving Breeze branding. Look out for two former London Tridents currently allocated to Eastbourne, 17528/29, being converted to open top.

Information updated on April 4th 2016 at 12:15
Stagecoach South Wales has confirmed that all four Reserve Fleet Optare Versas - 25205/06/14/16 - have been ‘claimed’ by Stagecoach West, whilst Volvo B10M 52654 has been sold to Chepstow Classic Buses. Dart SLF 34677 has been transferred to the Reserve Fleet pending accident damage repairs and it has been replaced at Caerphilly by 35207 which has transferred from Blackwood. The replacement at Blackwood is 34758 from the Reserve Fleet. Reserve Fleet Optare Solo 47286 is now allocated to Porth.

Information updated on April 4th 2016 at 14:40
It has been confirmed that former Stagecoach East Midlands gas-powered Optare Solo 47397 has been sold to Reading Buses. Other confirmed sales have been open top Leyland Olympian 14667 to Fleetlink, Volvo Olympians 16136/48, 16456 and 16582 along with open top Trident 17674 to T Wigley and MAN/ALX300s 22306/07 and Dart SPDs 33831/32/33/34/35/36/47 to A H Hardwick.

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