(15 Nov 2022, 7:04 pm)Malarkey wrote I think potentially the X47/X77/X78/X82/X77 & X88 are best fit PVR wise however not all these services require Double-Deckers otherwise I'd say the 1/22 or 38 are contenders however i'd say with peak time workings included PVR's may be tight at 15 which is the "Magic Number" I've heard.

(15 Nov 2022, 7:59 pm)toward6931 wrote i would advocate that 4 or 5 of the E200s from slatyford are replaced by E300s and go south to either Sunderland or shields allowing those depots to release vehicles to hartlepool. and maybe 6 of the older double decks get put on an X47/X78/X82 Duty as they are getting busier compared to before the pandemic, especially the X47. i would say 2 of those single decks could be cascaded owing to the age of the double decks replacing them and the age of the other single decks.

(16 Nov 2022, 1:50 pm)Storx wrote Remember reading this last night wonder if they might come for the 685 now instead with them taking it over. Potentially could see the X82 scrapped completely (or dropped to hourly) with a short 685 from Newcastle to Throckley every hour. Otherwise they're going to be running the X82 in front of the 685 by 3 minutes which seems wasteful. That should be a PVR 4 and with the magic number of 15 that someone said, no doubt made up, the 38 is a PVR of 10 I believe so you'd have 14 for the 685 + 38 and a spare. Would work out. Then you'd have the 60 plates on the 1 or 12 and the rest to do the 1 or 12 and 22.

(16 Nov 2022, 1:50 pm)Storx wrote Remember reading this last night wonder if they might come for the 685 now instead with them taking it over. Potentially could see the X82 scrapped completely (or dropped to hourly) with a short 685 from Newcastle to Throckley every hour. Otherwise they're going to be running the X82 in front of the 685 by 3 minutes which seems wasteful. That should be a PVR 4 and with the magic number of 15 that someone said, no doubt made up, the 38 is a PVR of 10 I believe so you'd have 14 for the 685 + 38 and a spare. Would work out. Then you'd have the 60 plates on the 1 or 12 and the rest to do the 1 or 12 and 22.

(16 Nov 2022, 8:28 pm)toward6931 wrote i said 15 but that was only the number of unallocated new buses divided by the 9 depots that haven't yet confirmed anything.it is in no way an official number just an average of what we could expect

(16 Nov 2022, 9:08 pm)Storx wrote Nah it was someone else who said it aswell but he's a bit unreliable let's say.

(16 Nov 2022, 9:17 pm)toward6931 wrote ah no problems, i would be very disappointed if it was only 15, i think 25 should be a minimum but I'm not confident

(18 Jan 2023, 7:43 pm)glen wrote Are stagecoach buying new singles deckers for UK fleet I mean all stagecoach fleet not just north east?

(18 Jan 2023, 8:07 pm)toward6931 wrote nothing has been announced yet but i would be surprised if some weren't getting ordered, probably get the scottish electrics out of the way first

(18 Jan 2023, 8:21 pm)citaro5284 wrote I see Stagecoach Highlands tweeted today that they have on order another 40 vehicles to replace the entire fleets at Inverness, Aviemore and Tain.

https://twitter.com/StagecoachHLand/status/1615741333699715076?s=20&t=-T77-1XL16sPtfGSPTqksw

(18 Jan 2023, 8:21 pm)citaro5284 wrote I see Stagecoach Highlands tweeted today that they have on order another 40 vehicles to replace the entire fleets at Inverness, Aviemore and Tain.

https://twitter.com/StagecoachHLand/status/1615741333699715076?s=20&t=-T77-1XL16sPtfGSPTqksw

(18 Jan 2023, 7:43 pm)glen wrote Are stagecoach buying new singles deckers for UK fleet I mean all stagecoach fleet not just north east?

(05 Feb 2023, 10:10 am)F114TML wrote Sunderland's electrics will be singles.

(05 Feb 2023, 8:22 pm)Malarkey wrote Would potentially expect Yutong E12's for the E1/E2 & E6.

(05 Feb 2023, 8:44 pm)Michael wrote Hoping for something else, but you're probs right as they already have them elsewhere in the fleet.

(06 Feb 2023, 8:04 am)Madmackem22 wrote I've heard it will be the Yutongs that Sunderland will get a d that they should be here by the summer

(06 Feb 2023, 9:23 am)F114TML wrote Yes I was told Summer, too. The brochure I mentioned in the levelling up thread, however, was not Yutong.

(06 Feb 2023, 11:41 am)Michael wrote What was on the picture?


I was on 28022 this morning and the dashboard was all lit up, saying the engine was bust.

I remember someone mentioning it the other day too.


Edit:


Wonder what fleet nunber they'll take? 28041+

Don't really know the full Stagecoach fleet so not sure what numbers are free.

(06 Feb 2023, 2:11 pm)F114TML wrote In order:
Not telling, cos it's fun watching the speculation (and also I don't want to look like a moron if they've changed their minds)

When it says "Engine Malfunction" it generally means it's gone into limp mode at some point (some of them keep going into limp mode until the engine warms up then it's fine, although I've had a couple do it seemingly because of high revs. 005 did it to me on the Felling Bypass for seemingly no reason whilst I had about 50 people on, which wasn't terrifying at all) - I've had it clear itself before (although I was often turning the engine off cos of standing time). I've noticed little change in performance (although it seems to limit the kickdown on some).

They seem to be using the 29100-999 and 30000-999 ranges for EVs (29020-022 are E350Hs - presumably Hybrids). From Bustimes, the EVs elsewhere are numbered as follows:
29101-109; Guildford P&R 200EVs
29110-118; Perth 200EVs
29201-205; London 200EVs
29301-306; West Scotland 7900Es
30001-017; West Scotland 200EVs
30101-125; Inverness Yutongs
So based on that, I can see our's going in the 29400 or 30200 range.
28000 range is exclusively our gasbuses. The next one numerically after 28040 is 28602, which is a diesel Scania E300 - it looks identical to our's, just without the gas tank on top. That range continues 28748.

(06 Feb 2023, 2:25 pm)stagecoachfan wrote There was also a 28601 which seems to have suffered an accident at some point - 28xxx has been used twice in total for Scanias including the current gas (280xx) and diesel (286xx/287xx) series.

Also, 30016/17 are with East Midlands at Mansfield not West Scotland (with '16 off the road currently with fire damage)

(06 Feb 2023, 2:25 pm)stagecoachfan wrote There was also a 28601 which seems to have suffered an accident at some point - 28xxx has been used twice in total for Scanias including the current gas (280xx) and diesel (286xx/287xx) series.

Also, 30016/17 are with East Midlands at Mansfield not West Scotland (with '16 off the road currently with fire damage)

(06 Feb 2023, 11:08 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Don't forget the original 289xx series for the high floor Scania/Alexander beasts