Optare 47318
Optare 47318
Chesterfield optare 47318 is currently at Walkergate depot Tonight (29/08) we've been told its moving down to Stockton some time tonight or tomorrow So one to watch out for
Tony
(30 Aug 2020, 2:51 am)glen Is it a minibusShown as having 27 seats, so probably falls into the minibus category, yes.
(30 Aug 2020, 2:51 am)glen Is it a minibusShown as having 27 seats, so probably falls into the minibus category, yes.
(30 Aug 2020, 11:56 am)glen Are we talking about stagecoach on teesside it so it frest time for along time had a minibus.
(30 Aug 2020, 11:56 am)glen Are we talking about stagecoach on teesside it so it frest time for along time had a minibus.
(30 Aug 2020, 11:56 am)glen Are we talking about stagecoach on teesside it so it frest time for along time had a minibus.Yes it was mentioned that it was due to move to Stockton. It could well be that it will end up in service to free up a full size single deck for school duplicates?
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(30 Aug 2020, 11:56 am)glen Are we talking about stagecoach on teesside it so it frest time for along time had a minibus.Yes it was mentioned that it was due to move to Stockton. It could well be that it will end up in service to free up a full size single deck for school duplicates?
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(30 Aug 2020, 12:05 pm)Storx Stockton I believe. Has there ever been minibuses running with Stagecoach North East? I can't really remember any route ever having them but I could be wrong but there's certainly been none in the last 10 year. I'm guessing it'll be Darlington though if anywhere, anyone?All 5 Busways depots were running minibuses until around 15 years ago. Stockton and Darlington did run them but they'd largely gone by the turn of the century. Hartlepool briefly had ex London Merc's, but I don't think there were more than 4 there at any time and they were short lived.
(30 Aug 2020, 12:05 pm)Storx Stockton I believe. Has there ever been minibuses running with Stagecoach North East? I can't really remember any route ever having them but I could be wrong but there's certainly been none in the last 10 year. I'm guessing it'll be Darlington though if anywhere, anyone?All 5 Busways depots were running minibuses until around 15 years ago. Stockton and Darlington did run them but they'd largely gone by the turn of the century. Hartlepool briefly had ex London Merc's, but I don't think there were more than 4 there at any time and they were short lived.
(31 Aug 2020, 11:49 am)V514DFT I know Walkergate was until atleast the back end of 2005, used to run them on the 2,16,18/19, and 32, not sure if there were any other services they ran on, most of which if not all were replaced by the older dartsSame as above South Shields operated them for quite a while. Mainly services 10/11/13/14s with spells on short lived full time services 1, 2 and 9.
(31 Aug 2020, 11:49 am)V514DFT I know Walkergate was until atleast the back end of 2005, used to run them on the 2,16,18/19, and 32, not sure if there were any other services they ran on, most of which if not all were replaced by the older dartsSame as above South Shields operated them for quite a while. Mainly services 10/11/13/14s with spells on short lived full time services 1, 2 and 9.
(31 Aug 2020, 10:41 am)tcts24 All 5 Busways depots were running minibuses until around 15 years ago. Stockton and Darlington did run them but they'd largely gone by the turn of the century. Hartlepool briefly had ex London Merc's, but I don't think there were more than 4 there at any time and they were short lived.
(31 Aug 2020, 10:41 am)tcts24 All 5 Busways depots were running minibuses until around 15 years ago. Stockton and Darlington did run them but they'd largely gone by the turn of the century. Hartlepool briefly had ex London Merc's, but I don't think there were more than 4 there at any time and they were short lived.
